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Advertisement design for the Oisterwijkse Vennen by Ad Beekmans from ca. 1950. Beekmans also drew several things for this studio, including Tom Poes. Adrianus Josephus Antonius "Ad" Beekmans was born in 1904 in Gorichem. He lived and worked in Gorichem, Paris, London, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Oisterwijk. Beekmans was a student of the Academy of Art, Technology and Craft in Den Bosch under H. Luns. He painted, drew (also with pen) pastels, and watercolored all subjects; (winter) landscapes, cityscapes, portraits and religious subjects. art direction; contemporary impressionism, modern, not abstract. Made "nice job". Received the royal grant and while studying in Paris the "Prix du Vrai et du Beau". Beekmans was a member of Pictura in Dordrecht, the artists' society in Rotterdam and Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam.
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