Christiaan Paul Damsté

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Christiaan Paul Damsté (* 1944 in Arnhem ) is a contemporary Dutch artist .

He studied art from 1962 to 1970 at the art academies in Arnhem, 's-Hertogenbosch and Ghent and now lives and works in Arnhem. From 1972 to 2005 he taught at the art academies in The Hague , Amersfoort , Düsseldorf and Arnhem.

Damsté works in almost all art disciplines: as a painter (abstract landscape paintings), graphic artist, draftsman and sculptor. His collages of materials and his iron sculptures made of scrap and wood are best known. He is one of the most famous contemporary artists in the Netherlands with a strong presence in Germany. Around 40 of his landscape paintings can be viewed in the Moyland Castle Museum .

"Untitled" (1979), Frenswegen

Solo exhibitions (since 1990)

  • 1990 Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 1992 Arti Capelli, 's-Hertogenbosch
  • 1993 De Vierde Dimensie Gallery
  • 1994 Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
  • 2002 Galerie Niepel , Düsseldorf
  • 2004 Herne
  • 2005 Galerie Merkle, Stuttgart
  • 2005 Waiblingen Art Collection (catalog)

literature

  • Dimensie kleur / Dimension Farbe 1964–1994 , LETTER Foundation, 1994
  • Christiaan Paul Damsté: Landscapes 1961–1995 . Friends of the Moyland Castle Museum, 1996
  • Stuttgarter Zeitung of April 8, 2005: The artist's idea ennobles rusty scrap metal
  • Sonja Pietsch: ijzersculpturen & tekeningen 1994–2004 , Kleve 2005
personal data
SURNAME Damsté, Christiaan Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnhem