Willem van Veldhuizen

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Willem van Veldhuizen
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Willem van Veldhuizen, New York City, 1992
Born(1954-01-13)January 13, 1954
Nationality Dutch
Known for Painting
Movement Hyperrealism
Awards1978 Bronze medal European prize for the Art of painting - Karel Klinkenbergprize for Art of drawing - Royal Subsidy for painting

Willem van Veldhuizen (born January 13, 1954, in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch painter, known for his photorealism and hyperrealism paintings of his museum interiors. [1]

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Life and work

Willem van Veldhuizen was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, [2] and took his studies at the Willem de Kooning Academy from 1972 to 1977 together with artists like Frank Dam, Jos Looise, and Anton Vrede  [ nl ]. His work is influenced by classical masters like the 17th century Dutch painter of church interiors Pieter Jansz Saenredam, with whom he shares a preference for sacred rooms, tranquility and colors in harmonizing tones, and by classic-modern masters like Mark Rothko.

The composition of his paintings are composed according to an established pattern: "The upper, narrow part of the canvas shows the back wall or a glass wall through which a garden is visible. A large floor area holds a prominent place. The reality of the building or the world outside is reflected in the floors" The floor area is builds up the according to a special technique: "After the undercoat has been applied and the shadows have been put in, he 'splats' the paint against the canvas: color over color, layer on top of layer - making subtle distinctions in light and dark against the back wall". [3]

In the paintings of his museum interiors, Van Veldhuizen quotes his favorites in art, among others Michelangelo, Picasso, Man Ray, Barnett Newman, Gerrit Rietveld and Le Corbusier. [3]

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References

  1. Heleen Buijs. Nederlandse realisten na 1950, Waanders Uitgevers, 2001. p. 19
  2. Jean Weiss (2015). 293 Rotterdam Secrets You'll Remember. p. 53
  3. 1 2 Biography Willem van Veldhuizen, 2005. Accessed 19 March 2009.