Thierry Veltman

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Thierry Veltman (Bussum, December 16, 1939) is a Dutch painter, sculptor, ceramist and art educator.

Veltman won his first art prize at the age of 12, at an international exhibition of children's drawings in Brazil. In 1958, when he was 19, he exhibited his own interpretations of the Suriname rainforest. He went on to study at the Rietveld Art Academy of Amsterdam. From the early 1960s Veltman exhibited extensively at art galleries in the Netherlands and sometimes beyond.

Veltman uses many drawing and painting techniques, often in mixtures. He is also active in sculpting, ceramics and art research. He is still influenced by spending some of his youth in South America. [ [http://www.galerievermeulen.nl/nieuws/veltman/veltmanolder.html Thierry Veltman: Werken op papier, gemengde technieken en objecten] (Dutch: Thierry Veltman: Works on paper, mixed techniques and objects). Gallerie Vermeulen, Etten-Leur, Netherlands.]

Living in Dordrecht, he taught many students painting and drawing, both locally and at Ichthus College in Rotterdam. At Ichthus he established the department of Art and Communication. Veltman is the author of the art education book "Individuality and drawing" (1978; in Dutch).

Bibliography

* Veltman, Thierry, "Individualiteit en het tekenen" (Individuality and drawing). Zutphen, Netherlands: Thieme, 1978, ISBN 90-03-43900-1

References

External links

* [http://www.galeries.nl/mnkunstenaar.asp?artistnr=24511&vane=&em=&sessionti=124250444 Virtual exhibition: Thierry Veltman on Return]
*nl icon [http://www.galerievermeulen.nl/nieuws/veltman/veltmanolder.html Thierry Veltman at Galerie Vermeulen] (paintings and bibliography in Dutch)
*nl icon [http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/default.asp?action=deepLink&database=ChoiceArtists&%250=79899 Thierry Veltman at the Dutch Office for Art History Documentation] (includes references in Dutch art history books)