Exhibition 'Matthijs Röling and his artist friends' in Borg en Nationaal Rijtuigmuseum Nienoord
It's party time in Museum Nienoord because: Matthijs Röling is turning 80! He is admired as one of the most important figurative painters in the post-war Netherlands. And as an artist personality who inspired several generations of artists, up to the present day. During his working life as a teacher at the ABK Minerva and the Classical Academy. In complex art projects and during art trips with colleagues. Matthijs Röling with artist friends
Friends come to birthday parties; artist friends in museums. Museum Nienoord invited a number of them to come and celebrate his birthday at Nienoord with Röling. They will bring Röling's work and their own work for a festive exhibition in honor of the birthday boy. In the room, his work is surrounded by that of, for example, Wout Muller, Henk Helmantel, Fie Werkman, Martin Tissing, Dirk van Gelder, Olga Wiese, Kenne Grégoire, Sam Drukker, Ben Rikken, Jacqueline Kasemier, Pieter Pander, Jannes Koetsier, Pieter Knorr , Rein Pol, Piet Sebens, Gineke Zikken and Jan van der Kooi.
Röling himself mentions many more artist friends, but unfortunately: the room does not grow with it! This selection of friends offers an incomplete but representative overview of his artistic environment.
Knowing so many more friends than space can handle before your 80th birthday: that is already worth congratulating.
