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1860 Amsterdam, Holland - 1931 The Hague, Holland. Known for: Impressionist landscape painting, drawing, printmaking.
Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement. When Tholen... Read full biography
Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement. When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan... Read full biography
Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement. When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan Voerman, and they entered the Amsterdam Academy together in 1876. Tholen earned his certificate of proficiency within a year, in turn enrolling in the Polytechnic School in Delft, where he attended drawing... Read full biography
Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement. When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan Voerman, and they entered the Amsterdam Academy together in 1876. Tholen earned his certificate of proficiency within a year, in turn enrolling in the Polytechnic School in Delft, where he attended drawing classes for two years. Having concluded his studies there in 1878 with a secondary school teaching certificate, he went to work as a drawing instructor at the evening secondary school in Gouda. He spent three months in Brussels in the studio of Paul... Read full biography
Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement. When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan Voerman, and they entered the Amsterdam Academy together in 1876. Tholen earned his certificate of proficiency within a year, in turn enrolling in the Polytechnic School in Delft, where he attended drawing classes for two years. Having concluded his studies there in 1878 with a secondary school teaching certificate, he went to work as a drawing instructor at the evening secondary school in Gouda. He spent three months in Brussels in the studio of Paul Gabriel, from whom he received his first real instruction in painting. In the following years Gabriel's advice was of particular importanc... Read full biography
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Willem Bastiaan Tholen was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School* and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism* movement.
When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan Voerman, and they entered the Amsterdam Academy together in 1876. Tholen earned his certificate of proficiency within a year, in turn enrolling in the Polytechnic School in Delft, where he attended drawing classes for two years. Having concluded his studies there in 1878 with a secondary school teaching certificate, he went to work as a drawing instructor at the evening secondary school in Gouda.
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