Hans Withoos

Hans Withoos trained in textile design and photography at the Academy for Visual Education in Tilburg. Withoos is very productive in his autonomous work and is known as a ‘photographic painter’ who builds his works layer by layer and literally paints with new media. His photography is characterized by colorful images full of fantasy, with an eccentric aesthetic. He is inspired by classical antiquity, baroque, art nouveau and surrealism. Sometimes he stays close to his original source, other times he chooses a particular detail, color or composition. For the series ‘Withoos meets Withoos’, the photographer has combined still lifes and cityscapes of his famous ancestor Matthias Withoos with contemporary, surreal images. By adding flowers, fish, birds and models, paintings come to life.

Hans enjoys international fame and has made controversial work for the Introdans ballet company and the Orange Babies Foundation. The book ‘Photographic Paintings’ was recently published with an overview of the versatile and colorful oeuvre that the photographer has built up over 30 years.

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