THE ARTIST

ABOUT WILLEM VOS.

I am a painter based in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands. Faces, birds and figures recur in my work, surrounded by layers that move between abstraction and recognition.

I work physically and largely by instinct. The paintings explore freedom, vulnerability and change, without prescribing what the viewer should feel. I want the work to hit first and reveal itself slowly.

Willem Vos seated in his studio, smiling in front of his large expressive paintings.

AN OUTSIDE EYE

 

HARRY TUPAN REFLECTS.

Harry Tupan shares his perspective on Willem Vos’s painting style and artistic approach.

 

HARRY TUPAN
Art historian and former director of the Drents Museum 

GO DEEPER

BEHIND THE WORK.

BIOGRAPHY

Background, exhibitions, publications and professional development.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

The ideas, materials and instincts that shape the work.

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CHOOSING THE FIRE

The story of an ember that never went out, and the choice to finally give it air.

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