Thierry Veltman

Thierry Veltman (born December 16, 1939 in Bussum) is a Dutch painter, sculptor, ceramist and art educator. He focuses in particular on figures and still life.[1]

Thierry Veltman
Born (1939-12-16) December 16, 1939
Bussum, Netherlands
Known forPainting, Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramics
Websitethierry-veltman.nl

Life and career

Veltman won his first art prize at the age of 12, at an international exhibition of children's drawings in Brazil. In 1958, when he was 19, he exhibited his own interpretations of the Suriname rainforest. He went on to study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. From the early 1960s Veltman exhibited extensively at art galleries in the Netherlands and sometimes beyond.[2]

Veltman uses many drawing and painting techniques, often in mixtures. He is also active in sculpting, ceramics and art research. He is still influenced by spending some of his youth in South America.[3]

Since 1966 he lived mostly in Dordrecht,[4] with a short interlude in Amerongen. He taught many students painting and drawing, both in Dordrecht and at Ichthus College in Rotterdam. At Ichthus he founded the department of Art and Communication. Veltman is the author of the art education book "Individuality and drawing" (1978; in Dutch).

Thierry Veltman is married to Eelke.[5]

Bibliography
  • 1975 - Thierry Veltman: schilderijen, tekeningen en etsen [Paintings, drawings and etchings]. Apeldoorn: Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij (Catalogue)
  • 1978 - Individualiteit en het tekenen [Individuality and drawing]. Zutphen: Thieme (ISBN 90-03-43900-1)

References
  1. Visser, Hendrikus (1997). Quick-lexicon: Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars [Quick-lexicon: Dutch visual artists] (in Dutch). Assen: Servo. p. 318. ISBN 978-90-71918-99-5.
  2. "Schetsen bij Huis te Merwede". Dordt Centraal (214). 2010-08-13. p. 7. Onderweg maken de deelnemers kennis met de Dordtse kunstenaar Thierry Veltman die de workshop begeleidt. Hij exposeerde veelvuldig in galeries in binnen- en buitenland en op dit moment in de Grote Kerk werken op papier en schilderijen, gebaseerd op buitenschetsen van de omgeving van Dordrecht.
  3. "Thierry Veltman: Werken op papier, gemengde technieken en objecten" [Thierry Veltman: Works on paper, mixed techniques, and objects] (in Dutch). Etten-Leur: Gallerie Vermeulen.
  4. "Thierry Veltman exposeert van 8 juni t/m 30 september in de Grote Kerk" [Thierry Veltman exhibits from June 8 through September 30 in the Grote Kerk] (in Dutch). Dordrecht: Grote Kerk.
  5. Buddingh', Cornelis (1978). Een mooie tijd om later te worden [A beautiful time to become later]. Dagboeknotities [Diary Notations] (in Dutch). 4. Amsterdam: Bezige Bij. p. 23. ISBN 978-90-234-0577-1. Begonnen aan een stuk voor het cultureel supplement van NRC/Handelsblad over naslagwerken, waar Bert Poll vrijdags om gevraagd had, maar Thierry Veltman en zijn Eelke arriveerden al spoedig met een fles Grant's twaalf jaar oude whisky (nog voor de opening van zijn tentoonstelling), toen de gezelligheid maar boven de arbeid laten prevaleren.
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