Kees Thijn
Kees Thijn | |
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Born | Cornelis Jacob Pieter Thijn 26 April 1933 Emmen, Netherlands |
Died | 8 January 2023 Groningen, Netherlands | (aged 89)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | radiologist, painter and museum founder |
Cornelis Jacob Pieter "Kees" Thijn (26 April 1933 – 8 January 2023) was a Dutch radiologist, painter and museum founder.[1][2][3]
Biography
[change | change source]Thijn was born in Emmen in 1933. He worked as a professor of radiology. Thijn was a painter since 1966. In his first works the medical world can still seen. Later he focused on other subjects that play a role in society. He also painted portraits and still lifes. His latest works are more about life. Thijn describes himself as "a symbolic-surrealist painter". He was a member of "Het Drents Schildersgenootschap" (since 1974).[1]
In 2015, at the age of 82 years, he started his owm museum: Museum Thijnhof.[4] Next of works of Thijn himself, there are also many exhibitions. Work by Thijn are also in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Zwolle , Drents Museum, Het Markiezenhof and University Medical Center Groningen.[1]
Thijn died in Groningen, the city where he lived, on 8 January 2023, at the age of 89.[1][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Kees Thijn, oprichter Museum Thijnhof in Coevorden, overleden (89)". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kees Thijn (89) uit Groningen overleden. Naast radioloog en kunstschilder was hij grondlegger van Museum Thijnhof in Coevorden". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Kees Thijn". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Kunstenaar (82) wil expositie: nieuw museum in Coevorden". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 28 June 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2023.