| Lieuwe van Gogh | |
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| Born | (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 33) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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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, opened by cultural historian and State Secretary of Culture and Media Gunay Uslu.
Life and career
Lieuwe van Gogh was born in Amsterdam to film director Theodoor “Theo” van Gogh and Heleen Hartmans. Van Gogh’s great-great-grandfather, Theo van Gogh, was an art dealer and the brother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
In school, van Gogh preferred drawing to playing soccer, and particularly enjoyed drawing dragons.
Van Gogh was in class a mere few hundred meters from his father on the day he was murdered—he was able to hear the gunshots. The day after his father's murder, he painted a graffiti mural at his mother's home, which was largely removed after they moved out.
After the murder of his father, he was beaten up by two young Malgrebins who wanted to punish a desecrator of a sacred image and his grandmother filed a complaint for assault.
Van Gogh obtained his Havo diploma and studied arts for two years. After this, he became a Thaiboxer in South-East Asia. He also worked 10 years as a chef.
In 2014, van Gogh donated some of his living cells to artist Diemut Strebe for creating a "living artwork", a replica of Vincent van Gogh's severed ear.
During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, he developed his own painting style. Successful sales during his first solo exposition made him realize that his work had value.
The Bed-Stuy Art Residency invited Van Gogh to paint in New York in the summer of 2022 and exhibit his work.
Style
He now uses the mayonnaise bottles he used as a chef, to spray paint on horizontal canvasses. This allows him to work fast, without watching paint dry. Lieuwe uses forks to create unusual eyelashes. Art historian Jhim Lamoree describes Lieuwe's work as "vitalistic".
References
- ^ "Zoon Theo van Gogh debuteert met eigen kunstexpositie: "Noem me gewoon Lieuwe"". www.at5.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2022.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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).