Anthonius Petrus (Ton) van Os (born 2 March 1941) is a Dutch artist who works as etcher, monumental artist, graphic artist, wall painter, painter and mosaicist.Ton van Os; male / Netherlandish; etcher, monumental artist, graphic artist, wall painter, painter, mosaicist
at rkd.nl, 2015. Born in

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, Van Os studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (now

Willem de Kooning Academy The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning. Overview ...

) from 1958 to 1962. After graduation, he settled as independent artist in Rotterdam. From 1994 to 2001 he was lecturer at the

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in Arnhem. Van Os started his graphic works in the 1960s with people or groups of people as theme. In the 1970s his work became more abstract and he started to visualize shadings. In the 1970s he started to receive international attention for his work.Hans Redeker,
De beslagen vensters van Ton van Os
" in: ''NRC Handelsblad,'' May 3, 1974 Van Os was awarded the Award on the Threshold prize by the City of Rotterdam in 1962, and the

Hendrik Chabot Award The Hendrik Chabot Award (Dutch: ''Hendrik Chabot Prijs'') is an annual award for visual artists presented by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, section South Holland. The prize ceremony is in the city hall of Rotterdam, where the prize is given by T ...

in 1974.

Selected publications

* ''Trudy Drescher, Ton van Os, Rotterdamse Kunststichting, 19 Dec. '69-12 Jan. '70,'' Rotterdamse Kunststichting, 1969. * Ton van Os (1980), ''Veertig etsen: 1972-1974.'' * Ton van Os, ''Het werk van Ton van Os,'' 1986. * ''Ton van Os: schilderijen/paintings, 1987-1989,'' 1988. * Ton van Os (2011), ''Steven Aalders en Ton van Os: 'For Philip Guston'.''

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External links

Ton van Os
homepage at tonvanos.com
Ton van Os - Rotterdamse Kunstenaars
1941 births Living people Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Willem de Kooning Academy alumni Painters from Rotterdam {{Netherlands-artist-stub