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Biography

Willem J.H. Thijs was born in 1932 in Tilburg where he studied at the College of Art from 1953 to 1954. From 1955 to 1961 he studied free painting and monumental...

Methods

Thijs’ work constitutes a fascinating visual story, in which his intense admiration for nature is expressed in a poetically abstract manner. Colour has become autonomous, and determines the final form...

Overview work

Exhibitions and commissions 2001-2012 2012 “400 jaar Beemster”; exhibition in the sculpture garden “Die Lang Huis”, West-Beemster. 2011 Designs for mobile sculptures...

Coloritmes

released March 2019:Coloritmes
by Jojada Verrips, about the life and work
of Willem Thijs. Order from: De Woordenwinkel

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80 years

This website has been launched in honour of Willem Thijs' eightieth birthday. The art pieces on the website will be regularly refreshed and are a representation of Willem Thijs' complete oeuvre.