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Jef Van Campen

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Jef Van Campen
Born (1934-02-06) 6 February 1934 (age 90)
NationalityBelgian
Known forPainting

Jef Van Campen (born 6 February 1934) is a Belgian post-impressionistic painter. He is mostly known for his maritime paintings, impressions of rivers, sea and of ships in Antwerp harbour. His work also contains portraits and still life.

Personalia

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  • Father: Constant Van Campen, art painter, repaired objects of art
  • Mother: Housewife, mother of 5, 2 daughters, 3 sons (Jef was the oldest son)
  • Married Isabelle van Thillo, 4 children, 3 girls and a boy

Biography

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  • Born 6 February 1934 in Antwerp
  • At the age of 13, accepted to the eveningclasses of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
  • Completed secondary school at two colleges, St-Louis and St-Norbert in Antwerp
  • Attended the famous Artistic Crafts School in the Londenstraat in Antwerp
  • Completed military service
  • Attended at the Academies of Berchem and Schoten
  • Professional art painter since 1990.
  • Working and living in Antwerp

Recognitions

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See also

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Dutch wiki Article about Jef Van Campen

References

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  1. ^ http://www.galerienoradeklein.nl/jefvancampen.html[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Jef van Campen: Artist".
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