May 2010

Exposition in Gallery Lambèr in Valkenswaard (the Netherlands)

Starting on Sunday May 30 Toos will show her newest work in the renowned Durch gallery Lambèr in Valkenswaard (The Netherlands). Already since a very long time the cooperation between Toos van Holstein and this gallery is a solid one. For Toos it's always a highlight to exhibit her paintings there in the beautifull rooms of the former city hall of this town, so near to Eindhoven, the town where she grew up and where she started her career as an artist.

Unveiling of Toos' Monumernt for the rescuers at sea of the town of Veere (the Netherlands)

In the past the town of Veere was a well-known sea-trading town on the island of Walcheren. During centuries a lot of accidents happened at sea in which inhabitants of the town played a role in the saving of lives of seamen. Since the building of the world-famous Oosterschelde-dam the town doesn't have a direct connection with the sea. The last, very impressive life-saving action on sea took place in January 1958. On May 29 a monument made by Toos van Holstein will be unveiled by the last two men still alive and involved in those events in 1958. The purpose of the monument is to honour all those people that over hundreds of years risked their lives to save that of others.

Work of Toos van Holstein in the Library of Alexandria (Egypt)

Since the month of April 2010 works of Toos van Holstein make out part of the extensive art collection of the renowned library of Alexandria in Egypt. In cooperation with her gallery in Nice (France) she made stonelithographs for a new publication of the Divina Commedia of Dante Aleghieriand and also for a part of the Edda, a medieval book about the old Germanic gods. Now copies of these books have been handed over to the board of this library that hopes that once the library will equal its famous predecessor that was founded by Alexander the Great.

EExposposition

Toos van Holstein again amongst the 20 most popular artists of the Netherlands

In July 2009 the election committee of the election of the Dutch Artist of the Year 2009 announced the first selection of 90 Dutch artists. Again Toos van Holstein was nominated which shows the important position she has in the Dutch art world. After a couple of election rounds the definitive list with the most popular artists has been published in November. On this list Toos is, just like the last few years, amongst the 20 most popular artists. This year she became number 17. A very good resultt when you consider that her name is mentioned together with internationally renowned potographers and painters as Erwin Olaf, Anton Corbijn and Marlene Dumas.

some examples of the new set of cards by Toos van Holstein

 
New set of cards
Because the old set of 12 cards of water colour paintings by Toos van Holstein is nearly sold out

she has made a new one. A few examples of these new cards, 11 cm by 15 cm, can be seen on top of this newsletter. They show the prints of a series of new mixed media painting on hand made paper, partly based on her stay as an artist in residence in Beijing in the month of May 2008.

More information about this new set is found by clicking on the knobs 'Publications' and 'Cards & CD-Roms' on the English openings page.

The T-sign line of Toos van Holstein

Toos is not only a painter. She also makes stone lithographs and bronzes. But now she has started to produce a design line under the name of T-sign line. The first results of this new activity can be found under the links 'Works of Art' and 'Design' on the English openings page. Here she also explains the background for the making of a metal table and the light and dress-hanger objects under the names of the mesa-brocado, the luz-brocado and the ropas-brocado.

Art and Culture Route in Middelburg

In the historic hometown of Toos van Holstein every first Sunday of the month an Art and Culture Route is organized. More than 30 ateliers and galleries in the medieval town of Middelburg are open to the public from 1-5 PM. So if you are in Holland during one of those Sundays you are kindly invited to visit the atelier of Toos van Holstein at the Korendijk 56 in one of the most beautiful old towns of the country of which the history goes back to around the year 1000 AC.