Marike Bok (17 January 1943 – 12 June 2017) was a Dutch portrait painter.

Life and work

Bok studied at the Royal Art Academy in

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. Bok painted the Dutch

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twice. In 1995 she painted the Gentleman's Club (De heren club). This painting is a group portrait of some well-known Dutch artists and politicians like Marcel van Dam,

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and André Spoor. In 2011 she painted former prime minister of the Netherlands

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. Marike Bok was often compared with classic Dutch painters like

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because of her technique and also because she was the only modern portrait painter who never worked from photographs and exactly painted like the old Dutch masters.

Gallery

Portraits by Marike Bok File:The Gentleman's Club (De Heren club) Painted by Marike Bok.jpg, Portrait of the Dutch Gentleman's club with famous writers and intellectuals (1995), painted by Marike Bok. File:Painting of Queen Beatrix.jpg, Portrait of

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(1995), painted by Marike Bok. File:Lammert Leertouwer by Marike Bok.tiff, Lammert Leertouwer

Books

In 2016 Marike Bok suffered from a stroke that made painting in the last year before she deceased very difficult. In September 2017 the book Marike Bok was published. A biography of her life and work. the author is Diederiekje Bok. * ''Marike Bok, ogen van een klok'' (2017), (

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) Diederiekje Bok, * ''Rinus'' (2017), (

) Willem Otterspeer, * ''Flarden van een stem'' (2009), (

) Willem Otterspeer,

Exhibitions

* 1995 Museum Mesdag, The Hague (The Netherlands) Portrait Queen Beatrix (Exhibition) * 1996 Historical Museum, Amsterdam. Painting ' De Herenclub' (Gentleman's club) * 1997 Tweede Kamer, The Hague (The Netherlands) Portrait

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* 1998 Oranje Boven, Portrait

* 2000

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, The Hague (The Netherlands) Minister Jorritsma * 2000 Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Generaal B.A.C. Droste) * 2000 Dutch Royal Air Force portrait gallery * 2000 Pulchri Studio, The Hague (The Netherlands) * 2002 Pulchri Studio, The Hague (The Netherlands)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bok, Marike 1943 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Dutch women artists 21st-century Dutch women artists Painters from The Hague Dutch portrait painters Dutch women painters