Lieuwe van Gogh
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- Theodoor van Gogh (father)
- Heleen Hartmans (mother)
Theo van Gogh (great-great-grandfather)
Vincent van Gogh (great-great-granduncle)
Lieuwe van Gogh | |
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| Born | 26 August 1991 |
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| Relatives | Vincent Willem van Gogh (great-grandfather) Theo van Gogh (great-great-grandfather) Vincent van Gogh (great-great-granduncle) |
| Website | https://therealvangogh.com/ |
Lieuwe van Gogh[a] (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]
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]
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]