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Otex figurines can be found in "Santbrink" under SV 112. Photo 3 with OTEX stamp. Beekmans also drew a few things for the Toonder Studios, including Tom Poes. Adrianus Josephus Antonius "Ad" Beekmans was born in Gorichem in 1904. He lived and worked in Gorichem, Paris, London, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Oisterwijk. Beekmans was a student of the Academy for Art, Technology and Craft in Den Bosch under the direction of H. Luns. He painted, drew (also with pen) pastel, and watercolors all subjects; (winter) landscapes, cityscapes, portraits and religious subjects. Art direction; contemporary impressionism, modern, not abstract. Received the royal grant and during his studies in Paris the "Prix du Vrai et du Beau". Beekmans was a member of Pictura in Dordrecht, the artists' society in Rotterdam and of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
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