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Niek Van der Plas

Niek Van der Plas (Born 1954) is active/lives in Netherlands.  Niek Van der Plas is known for Land-city-seascape and beach scene painting.

Niek van der Plas paints impressionist scenes of Holland's beaches and dunes,  bulb fields, city scenes in Amsterdam and Maastricht, and other typically Dutch vistas such as the harbours of Old Dutch towns.  Figures are often central in the work of this painter, who was born in 1954 and who is notable for his use of light colours.

Nicolaas (Niek) van der Plas was born in Leiden on 12 July 1954.  He grew up as the oldest son in a family of four children in Katwijk, a fishing village where the sea and dunes are prominent in the landscape.

Niek's father was a house painter and decorator by profession, but his early working years were spent at sea as a fisherman.  Art was one of several hobbies enjoyed by Van der Plas senior.  Growing up in an environment of craftspeople prompted Niek to take a vocational course at secondary school.  Like his father, the future artist trained as a painter and decorator, and his brother followed sui   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2579 characters.]  Artist bio

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