Lieuwe van Gogh
Lieuwe van Gogh | |
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| Born | 26 August 1991 |
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| Relatives | Vincent van Gogh |
| Website | https://therealvangogh.com/ |
Lieuwe van Gogh (born 26 August 1991) is a Dutch painter. He had his first solo exposition in June 2022,[1] opened by cultural historian and State Secretary of Culture and Media Gunay Uslu.[2][3]
Life and career
Lieuwe van Gogh was born in Amsterdam, the son of Theo van Gogh and Heleen Hartmans. His father's great-grandfather Theo van Gogh was the brother of Vincent van Gogh.
At school Lieuwe preferred to draw rather than play soccer, starting with dragons.[4]
On the day his father was murdered, Lieuwe was in his classroom, a few hundred meters from where his father was shot. He was able to hear the gunshots.[5] The day after his father's murder he painted a graffiti mural at his mother's home, but this painting was largely removed after they moved out.[6] Van Gogh obtained his Havo diploma [2] and studied arts for two years. After this he became a Thaiboxer in South-East Asia.[2]
In 2014 Van Gogh donated living cells to artist Diemut Strebe for creating a "living artwork", a replica of Vincent van Gogh's severed ear.[7][8]
Van Gogh worked 10 years as a chef. During the pandemic lockdowns he developed his own painting style.[2][4] Successful sales during his first solo exposition made him realize that his work had value.[4]
The Bed-Stuy Art Residency invited Van Gogh to paint in New York in the summer of 2022, and expose his work.[2]
Style
He now uses the mayonnaise bottles he used as a chef, to spray paint on horizontal canvasses.[1][4] This allows him to work fast, without watching paint dry. Lieuwe uses forks to create unusual eyelashes. [9] Art historian Jhim Lamoree describes Lieuwe's work as "vitalistic".[2]
References
- ^ a b "Zoon Theo van Gogh debuteert met eigen kunstexpositie: "Noem me gewoon Lieuwe"". www.at5.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Nathalie Huigsloot (28 May 2022). "De wilde, boze schilder Lieuwe van Gogh zet nog een keer de turbo aan om door te breken als kunstenaar". de Volkskrant (in Dutch).
- ^ "Staatssecretaris Uslu opent solo-expositie van Lieuwe van Gogh - wel.nl". Welingelichte Kringen (in Dutch).
- ^ a b c d "Schilder Lieuwe van Gogh: 'Het plan is om een miljoen te gaan maken met mayonaise spuitflesjes'". NPO Radio 1 (in Dutch). 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Lieuwe van Gogh hoorde de schoten op vader Theo". Het Parool (in Dutch). 30 October 2008.
- ^ "'Muurschildering Lieuwe van Gogh moet blijven'". ED (in Dutch). 2 February 2006.
- ^ "Vincent van Gogh 'live ear' on display". BBC. 4 June 2014.
- ^ Carina Storrs (13 November 2015). "Artist bioengineers replica of Van Gogh's ear". CNN.
- ^ Cristina Fontanarosa (21 May 2023). "«Non voglio aggrapparmi al mio nome». Un'intervista a Lieuwe Van Gogh". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian).