Lieuwe van Gogh

Lieuwe van Gogh
Born (1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 33)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Parents
RelativesVincent van Gogh
Websitehttps://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 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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[2] and studied arts for two years. After this, he became a Thaiboxer in South-East Asia.[2] 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.[7][8]

During the COVID-19 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 exhibit 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

  1. ^ a b "Zoon Theo van Gogh debuteert met eigen kunstexpositie: "Noem me gewoon Lieuwe"". www.at5.nl (in Dutch). 5 June 2022.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ "Staatssecretaris Uslu opent solo-expositie van Lieuwe van Gogh - wel.nl". Welingelichte Kringen (in Dutch).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Lieuwe van Gogh hoorde de schoten op vader Theo". Het Parool (in Dutch). 30 October 2008.
  6. ^ "'Muurschildering Lieuwe van Gogh moet blijven'". ED (in Dutch). 2 February 2006.
  7. ^ "Vincent van Gogh 'live ear' on display". BBC. 4 June 2014.
  8. ^ Carina Storrs (13 November 2015). "Artist bioengineers replica of Van Gogh's ear". CNN.
  9. ^ Cristina Fontanarosa (21 May 2023). "«Non voglio aggrapparmi al mio nome». Un'intervista a Lieuwe Van Gogh". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian).