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Anton Rooskens BIOGRAPHY
1906 Griendsveen, Holland - 1976 Amsterdam, Holland. Known for: African influenced abstract COBRA style fantasy images, paintings, drawings.
Anton Rooskens. Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976 . Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments... Read full biography
Anton Rooskens. Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976 . Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments builder. In 1935 he went to live in Amsterdam. A self-taught artist, he mainly painted landscapes in... Read full biography
Anton Rooskens. Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976 . Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments builder. In 1935 he went to live in Amsterdam. A self-taught artist, he mainly painted landscapes in which the influence of Van Gogh is clearly evident. During a visit to the 1945 exhibition ‘Kunst en Vrijheid’ (Art and Freedom) at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Rooskens was struck by the African sculptures... Read full biography
Anton Rooskens. Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976 . Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments builder. In 1935 he went to live in Amsterdam. A self-taught artist, he mainly painted landscapes in which the influence of Van Gogh is clearly evident. During a visit to the 1945 exhibition ‘Kunst en Vrijheid’ (Art and Freedom) at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Rooskens was struck by the African sculptures and ancestral carvings from New Guinea. The simple, clean lines characteristic of this art can be found in Rooskens work of the early post-war period, alongside Cubist influences. From 1946 onwards, Rooskens was regularly in touch with Appel, Corneille... Read full biography
Anton Rooskens. Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976 . Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments builder. In 1935 he went to live in Amsterdam. A self-taught artist, he mainly painted landscapes in which the influence of Van Gogh is clearly evident. During a visit to the 1945 exhibition ‘Kunst en Vrijheid’ (Art and Freedom) at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Rooskens was struck by the African sculptures and ancestral carvings from New Guinea. The simple, clean lines characteristic of this art can be found in Rooskens work of the early post-war period, alongside Cubist influences. From 1946 onwards, Rooskens was regularly in touch with Appel, Corneille and Brands. In 1948 he met Constant. In that year he helped found the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep that was later to me... Read full biography
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Anton Rooskens
Griendsveen, 1906 - Amsterdam, 1976
Anton Rooskens attended technical school in the southern Dutch city of Venlo from 1924 to 1934 before becoming apprenticed to an instruments builder. In 1935 he went to live in Amsterdam. A self-taught artist, he mainly painted landscapes in which the influence of Van Gogh is clearly evident.
During a visit to the 1945 exhibition ‘Kunst en Vrijheid’ (Art and Freedom) at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Rooskens was struck by the African sculptures and ancestral carvings from New Guinea. The simple, clean lines characteristic of this art can be found in Rooskens work of the early post-war period, alongside Cubist influences.
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