Luc Leestemaker
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2025) |
Luc Leestemaker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lucas Christiaan Leestemaker May 18, 1957 Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Died | May 18, 2012 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | American, Dutch |
| Education | Self-taught, being influenced by long lineage of artists before him (his grandfather and great grandfather were painters) |
| Known for | Abstracted Landscapes, Abstract Expressionism |
| Notable work | Voyagers, Map of The Wind, Allegories, Songs of the Unconscious |
| Movement | Being interested in exploring multi disciplinary interchanges, Leestemaker created art-collectives of artists, composers, musicians, actors, early on in career in the Netherlands; "Groenlandsestraatweg" and "Hart Poetry." |
| Spouse | |
Luc Leestemaker (May 18, 1957 – May 18, 2012) was an American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
Leestemaker was born in Hilversum and raised in Nuenen (Noord-Brabant). In Eindhoven he started the Dutch art collective "Hart Poetry" with his fellows Bart Op het Veld en Mat Verberkt. Together with them he also founded the PR-agency Trains in Eindhoven. After dissoliving both the collective and the agency he went to Amsterdam where he headed Leestemaker & Associates, an Amsterdam-based consulting firm specializing in the arts.
Biography
[edit]Upon moving to the U.S. in 1990, Leestemaker committed himself to painting full-time. His early influences included the CoBrA movement, abstract expressionism, inner landscape and transfiguration, and 17th and 18th century Dutch and English landscape painters, including John Constable and Salomon van Ruysdael.
He died of cancer on May 18, 2012.
Bibliography
[edit]- Film Documentaries
- Swimming through the Clouds; A Portrait of the Artist Luc Leestemaker, directed by Terence Gross and Ruy Carpenter. Chronicle Films, 2004.
- A Conversation with Luc Leestemaker. Directed by Emily Lau. Skylark Press, 2007.
- Related Recordings
- Four Paintings by Leestemaker by Vincent Ho. Commissioned by The Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada.
Self-titled debut CD by composer Vincent Ho. Skylark Press, 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "FindArticles.com - CBSi". findarticles.com.
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
- 1957 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century Dutch painters
- Dutch male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 21st-century American painters
- 21st-century American male artists
- Abstract expressionist artists
- Dutch emigrants to the United States
- American modern painters
- People from Hilversum
- Painters from North Holland
- Painters from Amsterdam
- Painters from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American male artists
- 20th-century Dutch male artists