Coen van Oven

Conrad Theodor, or Coen van Oven (1883–1963), was a Dutch painter.

Biography

According to the RKD he was born in Dordrecht and in 1903 he became a member of the drawing academy in Antwerp.[1] The following year he was a member of the drawing academy in Brussels.[1] In the winters he took lessons from the painter Jan Veth in Bussum.[1] In 1905 he was a pupil of Roland Larij, the chairman of the drawing academy in Dordrecht (Pictura) and in 1906 he became a pupil of the German architect Adolph Meyer in Berlin for two years.[1]

He is known for his characteristic portraits of family members and landscapes. In 1913 he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed except for a short period in South Africa after the war where he visited Kimberley and Pretoria during the years 1947-1949.[1] He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the group called De Onafhankelijken.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Coen van Oven in the RKD
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