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Willem van Genk was a Dutch Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in Numerous key galleries and museums such as Collection de l'Art Brut have featured Willem van Genk's work in the van Genk's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4, USD to 6, USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since the record price for this artist at auction is 6, USD for Silja Line, sold at Venduehuis der Notarissen in
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In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Willem van Genk is featured in The Hermitage Amsterdam Reopens with Extended Exhibitions, a piece from ArtDaily in June The artist died inWillem van Genk () liet als kunstenaar een groot oeuvre achter, dat over heel Europa verspreid terug te vinden is. Hij woonde zijn hele leven in Den Haag, kwam uit een groot gezin, met negen zussen, kon door eigenzinnig gedrag geen enkel baantje houden en kwam terecht in de ‘werkverschaffing’ bij sociale werkplaatsen met als etiketten schizofreen en autistisch.
Hij woonde deels in kosthuizen met hospita’s en werd aan het einde van zijn leven meermalen in psychiatrische inrichtingen opgenomen vanwege obsceen, ‘ordeverstorend onaangepast’ gedrag. Hij kon zich in taal, in woorden, slecht uiten, maar vond een uitlaatklep in het creëren van allerlei artistieke uitingen, die deels trekjes hadden van naïeve kunst, maar vaak ook zeer indrukwekkend zijn en niet onderdoen voor werken van beroepsmatige kunstenaars.
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Dutch, 20th century.
Born , Voorberg; died , the Hague.Willem Van Genk, ( - ), was born in Voorburg in the Netherlands, the youngest child and only son in a family of ten. His mother died when he was five. He suffered from severe health and behavioral problems. Van Genk started drawing at home and at school, as a substitute for his dreams of travels to distant countries. He was eventually placed in an orphanage, and then a Christian school specializing in arts and crafts. Here, he studied advertising and graphics for two years but proved incapable of adapting to demands made on him. He was transferred to a home for the mentally handicapped in the The Hague, where he received a small salary for his activities in the workshop. With this money, Van Genk bought himself painting materials. His principal sources of inspiration were tourist guides, collected photographs, and, in particular, his voyages to the Soviet Union, Rome Paris, Madrid, Copenhagen, Cologne, and Prague. Van Genk often portrayed the conflict between good and evil, with God, Lenin, and Mao Zedong facing up the Devil, Hitler, and Stalin. His work appeared in exhibitions but he refused to sell to
Dutch, 20th century.
Born , Voorberg; died , the Hague.
Willem Van Genk is an Outsider Artist whose work is not limited to one genre. His oeuvre is nevertheless unified by his modus operandi: to create art as a way of ordering chaos and of protecting himself from harm.
Van Genk was born in Voorberg, the Netherlands in , and struggled greatly with physical and emotional illness. Suffering isolation and rejection throughout his childhood, he was placed in an orphanage. During this time, he was enrolled in arts workshops, where he gained limited skills, while still being allowed to develop a highly personal mode of artmaking. He was diagnosed with both autism and schizophrenia.
Railways and travel are a prevalent thread running through the oeuvre of Van Genk. He made elaborate paintings, richly layered with collage elements. Inspired by his own travels, as well as by commercial travel guides, he created visually dazzling vistas in which trains provide a setting for mysterious narratives. Typically delineated by elaborate systems of lines, Van Genk’s cityscapes reveal what scholars have cl
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