Jos Kivits, born in 1945 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is a painter known for his magnificent Neo-Classical Romantic landscapes and sumptuous still life's inspired by sixteenth and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish masters. He immigrated to New Zealand in 1973 and later moved to Australia in 1986, where he established himself as a reputable artist. Jos's artistic journey began with early lessons in art, leading to formal studies in the 1960s and 1970s. He received the title of "Master Artist in Still Life" in 1989 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. Jos is recognized for his meticulous technique inspired by the Dutch Old Masters, involving the application of successive oil glazes to create depth in his paintings. Despite...