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Dutch Brilliant Artist 2016
welcome in the studio of Toos van Holstein in her monumental old warehouse (1738) in the old town of Middelburg |
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NEW: A new season of the renowned Art and Culture Route of Middelburg (province Sealand, Netherlands) started. This art route is a phenomenon in the country. Since 1999 dozens of artists take part by opening their studios every first Sunday of the month (not in January) from 1 till 5 pm. Toos van Holstein is one of them. Take your chance and visit her atelier in her beautiful 18th century warehouse at the Korendijk 56.
- Recently Toos van Holstein introduced her newest stone litograph 'City life' during the Art & Culture Route in her medieval hometown Middelburg. 'City life' has just a small edition of 25. About the creation of the stone lithograph the video 'City life- the coming alive of a stone lithograph' is published on the YouTube-channel of the artist
https://youtu.be/XczDEwQo-lk . The regular price for 'City life' is €225. See also 'Latest News'.
- Toos van Holstein among the 25 most popular artists of the Netherlands! In July Toos was nominated for the prestigious election of Dutch Artist of the Year 2023. A panel of art professionals selected 90 renowned Dutch artists with Toos among them. After the public voting round she now is rated in the Top-25!
- Last year Toos van Holstein worked for a month in the beautiful medieval Italian ceramics town of Gubbio on a special project: 'the UOVO-Project'. About this project a video can now be watched on her YouTube-channel. Have a look here. The results of her stay are to be admired in her studio in the beautiful medieval city of Middelburg in the Netherlands and at her solo exhibition 'The Amazement' (see above).
- The new book of Toos van Holstein 'TOOS VAN HOLSTEIN II, for me art is travelling the mind' (more than 200 pages full of images and texts, also in English) has been released. This beautiful hardcover book can be ordered for € 35 (without package costst) by sending an e-mail to toosvanholstein@xs4all.nl.
- Some years ago the very special show "Heroes" by Toos van Holstein was shown in the medieval Saint Martins Church in the town of Franeker in the Netherlands. Heroes like Achilles and Ulysses, saints from the Middel Ages and little Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are just a few examples of the heroes on Toos her paintings. More than 14.000 visitors have admired these heroes thes summer months. A video of the opening of the exhibition is shown below.
Toos' Heroes |
Have a look at the professional video "TOOS-the movie" on het YouTube-channel and learn more about the origins of her inspiration and about her art: oil paintings, statues, digicompo's, monoprints.