Our First Dutch Printmaker

Name: Sybren de Graaff

Birth: 18 maart 1934 te Rotterdam

Education -RIJKS H.B.S.-B at Middelharnis, lectures in art from Jaap Ploos van Amstel. - the ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS at The Hague, certificated as art teacher, lectures from a.o. Paul Citroen, Willem J.Rozendaal, Dirk van Gelder. -

Artibus, Utrecht: Portraits and model painting.

Duties and Activities

1955 - 1965: Freelance graphic designer and book illustrator
1959 - 1971: Teacher in arts and art history on resp. - ROYAL. ABK, The Haque - COLLEGE BLAUCAPEL, Utrecht. - MARNIX P.A., Utrecht. - OOSTERLICHT COLLEGE, Utrecht/Nieuwegein.
1971 - 1994: Headmaster of the OOSTERLICHT COLLEGE. v.a.
1986: Visual artist, - favorite media/techniques: oil painting, water-colour, etching. - style: expressionistic, abstracted figurative. - subjects/themes: landscapes, portraits, figure compositions.

Exhibitions:

1955: The Hague, gemeentemuseum jubilee-groupexhibition ABK, graphic work
1958: The Hague, with graphic work in De Bijenkorf.
1964: Utrecht, Artibus, group-, with oil paintings.
1990: Groenekan, Atelier Voordaen: Eire, solo-, with oil paintings, water-colours, drawings and etchings.
1993: Wijk bij Duurstede, gallery Greet van Vulpen, with oil paintings.
1994: Bois Joubert, Maison de la Nature, group-, water-colours.
1996: Poitiers and Orléans, group-, with water-colours and drawings.
1997: Zaltbommel, Galerie 1632, solo-, met paintings and water-colours.
1997: Nantes, Salle des Petits Murs, group-, water-colours and prints.
1998: Zeist, Slot Zeist, group-, water-colours and etchings. 1998: Geldermalsen, Galerie 'Opus 5', solo-, oil paintings 1998: Saint Nazaire and Blois, group-, with water-colours, etchings and drawings 1999: Amsterdam, Galerie Rijbroeck, solo-, with oil paintings.
1999: Amsterdam, World Trade Centre, with paintings.
1999: Nantes, Ecopole, group-, paintings and prints.
2000: Varennes, Galeries des Arts de Ville de St. Maur, group-, with graphic work

Publications about person and/or work:

- L'OISEAU Magazine no. 41: Dossier 'ART ET NATURE'
- THAT THE LOIRE MAY LIVE, edit. Gallimard, Paris 1996.
- PULCHRI, edit. Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, - 'Plaatsen van Verlatenheid' Jrg.25 nr.31997.
- DE TELEGRAAF - 'Kunst voor Natuur' edit. 08.02.97.
- WWF- PANDA Magazine - 'Les peintres pour la Loire', edit. Nr.71.
- DE GELDERLANDER -' Hoogtepunten in Opus 5', edit. 27.05.98

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