Toon Wegner

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Toon Wegner (born November 12, 1926 in Rijswijk (South Holland) , † February 17, 2010 in Orvelte ( Drenthe )) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist from the New Hague School (Nieuwe Haagse School). Willem Jacob Rozendaal , Paul Citroen and Willem Schrofer were Wegner's teachers.

Life

From 1942 to 1947 Wegner studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague , and has since worked as a painter, graphic artist, lecturer, consultant and jury member for the Netherlands, Nicaragua and Hungary . Toon Wegner studied and traveled with Co Westerik . He is a master printer. He was awarded the Jakob Maris Prize for graphics twice and the Aesculaap Prize and the Van Beek Prize once . He had a scholarship to Finland and Hungary. He received the culture award of the province of Drenthe . Wegner is a member of Pulchri Studios in The Hague and of the Professional Association of Visual Artists. He has lived and worked in Orvelte since 1967 , previously in The Hague , where he also runs workshops for artistic printmaking. He works regularly with German artists from Leer and Heidelberg . He has held numerous solo exhibitions, including in Amsterdam , Belgrade , Brussels , The Hague, Germany , Finland , Maribor , Novi Sad , Slovenia , Toronto , Washington, DC and Zagreb , and collective exhibitions in Belgium , France and Switzerland .

further reading

  • Ad van der Blom, Toon Wegner, een gebaar naar de other . Drents Museum , Assen, 1986.
  • Josefine Banens, Toon Wegner, door de jaren heen . Orvelte 2001. ISBN 90-70385-20-1

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personal data
SURNAME Wegner, toon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Rijswijk (South Holland)
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2010
Place of death Orvelte , Drenthe