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Jan van Eden
Jan van Eden (Voorburg, The Netherlands, 1942) studied mathematics and science in Groningen and did masters in sedimentology and in geophysics at Leiden. He worked as a geologist in Spain, Central and Southern Africa, Brazil, the USA, and the Middle East. As a painter he is self-taught. He became interested in art as a child in the post-war period of the 50s and at the age of 18 he decided that painting was an existential necessity for him. In particular the acquaintance with the German pre-war expressionism was a major stimulus. From the early 60s he started to create an extensive body of work, which has remained powerful in evoking the mood of the time over the coming decennia. He made his first public appearance in 1972 with a well-received solo exhibition at the Amsterdam gallery “De Sfinx”, presenting his early expressionistic work, which was painted during a 4-year stay in Zambia. His development as a self-made painter proved to be a long and painful exercise. The restless search for a style that coincides with his personality began to take shape during the Brazilian years in the early 80s and from 1985 he could dedicate himself fully to his art. In this year he settled in Amsterdam while maintaining a summer residence in Sabayes (Spain). He exhibited regularly in the Netherlands and he became a member of the prestigious artist society of the Netherlands “Arti et Amicitiae”. In 2002 he had a retrospective exhibition from the sixties to the most recent work in Spain vaneden-exhibitions\02Huesca.htm. In 2007 he made an exhibition of socially and politically engaged work, looking back at issues like 60s Vietnam to recent events of 11 September 2001, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq vaneden-exhibitions\10ZaragozaCAI.htm. This exhibition was shown in several Spanish cities. Another travelling exhibition focussed on the Palestinian issue of the Nakba 1948 vaneden-exhibitions\10Zaragoza-CentroHistoria.htm.
In 2024 the Fundacion van Eden - Santolaria (vanES) officially opened the exhibition building in Sabayes (Spain) with an overview of his oeuvre.
http://www.fundacionvanes.org.es/index.htm
Jan van Eden
(Voorburg, 1942) studeerde wis en natuurkunde, als schilder autodidact. Hij
verbleef vele jaren in Afrika, Zuid Amerika en het Midden Oosten, waar hij op
contract basis werkzaam was als geoloog en geophysicus in de exploratie voor
grondstoffen. Gedurende deze tijd bouwde hij voort aan een uitgebreid oeuvre van
schilderijen en tekeningen. Hij debuteerde in 1972 in de Amsterdamse galerie De
Sphinx, was daarna lange jaren afwezig uit Nederland, en keerde terug naar
Nederland in 1985. Sinds dit jaar wijdt hij zich geheel aan de kunst en werkt
hij vanuit ateliers in Nederland (Amsterdam) en Spanje (Sabayes, Huesca).
In 2024 the Fundacion van Eden - Santolaria (vanES) officially opened the exhibition building in Sabayes (Spain) with an overview of his oeuvre.
http://www.fundacionvanes.org.es/index.htm
Early work and biographical http://www.fundacionvanes.org.es/index.htm http://www.fundacionvanes.org.es/janvaneden-biografia/biography-EN.htm
Work of him
held permanently in stock at gallery Art Singel
100
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