Biography of Wim Claessen

He makes mystical, stretched horizons of Dutch landscapes, which are difficult to appoint: Wim Claessen. This is because the artist, born in 1951 in Sittard, existing or own picture material on linen magnified. His way of painting and his use of colour enhance this. The colors that Calhoun, who from 1976 to 1983 studied at the Jan van Eyk Academy and City Academy in Maastricht, used, has little to do with reality. With him running it more to the atmosphere he wants to from images: a concentrated, menacing appearance. Every now and then is that atmosphere noticeable positive. The shades that Calhoun in his work apply become possible as mat wet on wet on the linen. Together they powerful horizontal bands, which the grandiosity of the Vista. Simple but effective, because things that are not needed to be said, let he preferred. At the gemeentemuseum Helmond, the Gallery Wanda Reiff to Maastricht, the KunstRAI in Amsterdam and Stedelijk Museum Roermond has Calhoun will be shown his art. His work is included in the collections of museums, institutions and individuals, including the province of Limburg, University of Limburg and gemeentemuseum Helmond. Cali has several grants received, as the basic stipend Fund for Visual Arts, design and architecture in 1994, 1998, and 2003 and more.

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