Dutch painter with passion for Ctiina
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WanoJIol
DUleb ani",
Jln~\IlIn
Opheusden ha:!
OIIJy ~o:q 10 C'hi... twK:c,
and 0I11y bOeny. bul he lw "
passion ror Chinese culture
and CV(!n bas. ChiM'$e
name from litc,,!ure. Lin
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"Ooo'llaugh. I know
...'ho Lin
a.on,
-S,M "'Y'
,he 69·year-01d pa,nlcr.
,,'bose ahibitÎon ol al>-RracI.nd surre.1 Sl'Ianghli
SCeIIH.,..
lG<n01TOW •
Xinlianc!i.
wn was OlIe of lhe bestknown figures in lbo: novd
"Oullawsoflhc Marsh" (abo
1< ........ " u MWa,~ Ma'!l;n")
The novel. conlidc~ ' 0
bc on<: of ,he fou. g .calcsi
Chinese das.icallilerary
....".ks. de$cr;hcs a heroic
I't~Ollln lilt SOng Dynuly
(960·1279),
Opheusden, ...·110 was
bom in 1941 in Eind"""",
Nelhcrlands. is amort,lhe
most ~W,"' palmen
ill Europe.. Hit....ns ~
been show .. and coIlcc,ed
worldwide. He is stron,1y
influeoccd by Oali. Miro,
ErIl5I alld oth<:r p*inlen ol
surreali$ID..OO hiJ >lylc
iJ 5CJrrIe>Oo'here bo:I~n
f... vism and ...nu.lIsm.
H" worb are ",vid anel r.,.1
anoIioaallink with!he
sponlaneou!.
Ophloustkn held IIis firsl
and IJttfI lea.
ahibilion in China in 2008.
MAl tIIaIlilM I regal'lkd
Chin. U. mySlcrious
country with" profound
hi5lory," he "')'$. MI think
boIh IklJIRi and Shanghll
lre atlo'Klj,oe, bul
shanthai
is 'nfused with ~ er>trgy
100 villluy."
Thc PpCOmÎng uhibllioo
in Ximiandi rrllecu iIOIK of
h •• ,mpo-ession. of Sh.lnghai,
includilIJl §l1"ttI. ill lhe
formc. F..,nch concession
and lhe Waib""tu Bridae- He
uses bIocts of coIor 10 conJUre up familiar)'el diSlan1
im'ieJ. as set'n througb lbo:
eyes of a lIC'II'\:omeT,
~No _
ever lOId me
lhal I .." paimnl& ic:0IU of
SlIanllhai" he u.ys. '·1 juS!
walk around lhe city and
caplure .. bal surprises me.-
., ha"" .I_ys had all
Ea5I.~ he SIOy!. ~I coLI«t
OIi"l'Se antiq"" furnilu""
and u:se iI e~ry day because
lllal makes me feelIhalI am
livillj in. Cbilll'$ story.M
He enJO)'s Ch,nese food
MI have held many ahibi·
tion. around ,he worId and
lam Iuppy I Im finally
COllI'"' toChi ... with my
In," he sars.
Wbrr1 askM ,.'hy he çalls
lumself Lin 0100&. a <.bsh.
in,lnd rcmamic charxtc:r.
Opheu$dm $&)'$: RLin ""1$
• "',endory firure. H Ï$ ... ife
ons • duillJl anti beauufullady ",bom he ~
dearly. HI5 fale cllanged
\loilen he lried 10 avenge her
murdcr - i, ', a rom.mie:
and ud love story, I bet !his
i•• name ChnlCsc pcopIe
,""""mbc.-."
He didn'l cxplain funhcr.
Dat.: Aullutl7.21I, 10.m_
.ofpm I A_rvatlona
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Md, •••: Ho. I , Horth
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T.~nll Rd
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