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](_blank)
at rkd.nl, 2015.
Born in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
, Van Os studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (now
Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy () 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
The Willem de Kooning Academy ...
) from 1958 to 1962.
After graduation, he settled as independent artist in Rotterdam. From 1994 to 2001 he was lecturer at the
ArtEZ Institute of the Arts
ArtEZ University of Arts () is an art academy in Netherlands. ArtEZ combines several art institutes and art disciplines with branches in Arnhem, Enschede, and Zwolle. In its name the A stands for Arnhem, the E for Enschede, and Z for Zwolle.
Aca ...
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
Steven Aalders (born 4 July 1959) is an abstract artist, known for his minimal geometric oil paintings.
Biography
Steven Aalders was born on 4 July 1959 in Middelburg, in the Netherlands, and grew up in Amsterdam. He studied at the Gerrit Rietv ...
en Ton van Os: 'For Philip Guston'.''
References
External links
Ton van Oshomepage 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
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