Rinus van den Bosch (January 10, 1938 – 14 April 1996) was a Dutch artist, who worked as sculptor, photographer, installation artist, painter, and draftsman.Rinus van den Bosch; male / Netherlandish; sculptor, photographer, installation artist, painter, draftsman at rkd.nl, 2015.
Life and work
Born in The Hague, van den Bosch was educated at the
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
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Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (pa ...
from 1954 to 1960.
Van den Bosch settled as independent artist in The Hague in 1970. He was lecturer at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten St Joost in Breda until 1988. In 1982 he was appointed as teacher at the
Willem de Kooning Academy
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in 1982. In 2009
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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held a retrospective exhibition of his work.
The artist showed the world and the people in it through line drawings, ranging from the figurative to the abstract, most with poetic titles. In these drawings, created with a sure touch and economy of line, he captured topical events and the atmosphere of
The Hague
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as it was in the 1970s. Simplicity, colour and humour are characteristics of his paintings. wrote in 2009 a biographic essay called ''Flarden van een stem''. At the same time Diederiekje Bok made the book ''Rinus'' with contributions by
Kees van Kooten
Cornelis Reinier "Kees" van Kooten (; born 10 August 1941) is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and writer. He formed the duo Van Kooten & De Bie with Wim de Bie from 1972 to 1998.
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Cornelis Reinier van Kooten was born on 10 Augu ...
Dick Matena
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and .'''' Rinus van den Bosch was in a relationship with Dutch
portrait painter
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