Rik Matthyssens - Artist Info

About Rik Matthyssens

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    “Rik Matthyssens, a native of Belgium, will give a demonstration of landscape and still life painting at the Art Center, …Pasadena, this afternoon. An Impressionist-realist, who prefers the scene of nature, prefers oil as his medium. Matthyssens studied in Antwerp, Belgium, under Alois DeLaet and Jos Mous.” per Independent Star News (Pasadena), March 14, 1965, page 60, i.e. SCENE 6; “Belgian Artist Shows Works in San Marino” per Arcadia Tribune, July 22, 1970, page 5, states “a resident of Arcadia. Matthyssens has been painting the California scene since he came to live here 15 years ago. Prior to his arrival, he held two exhibitions in his native country, one in the Royal Antwerp Gallery and the other through the Antwerp Art Guild. Le Soir...

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