Kees Thijn
Cornelis Jacob Pieter "Kees" Thijn (26 April 1933 – 8 January 2023) was a Dutch radiologist, painter and museum founder.[1][2][3]
Kees Thijn | |
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| Born | Cornelis Jacob Pieter Thijn 26 April 1933 Emmen, Netherlands |
| Died | 8 January 2023 (aged 89) Groningen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | radiologist, painter and museum founder |
Biography
Thijn was born in Emmen in 1933. He worked as a professor of radiology. Thijn was a painter since 1966. In his first works the medical world can still seen. Later he focused on other subjects that play a role in society. He also painted portraits and still lifes. His latest works are more about life. Thijn describes himself as "a symbolic-surrealist painter". He was a member of "Het Drents Schildersgenootschap" (since 1974).[1]
In 2015, at the age of 82 years, he started his owm museum: Museum Thijnhof.[4] Next of works of Thijn himself, there are also many exhibitions. Work by Thijn are also in the collection of Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, Drents Museum, Het Markiezenhof and University Medical Center Groningen.[1]
Thijn died in Groningen, the city where he lived, on 8 January 2023, at the age of 89.[1][2]
References
- "Kees Thijn, oprichter Museum Thijnhof in Coevorden, overleden (89)". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- "Kees Thijn (89) uit Groningen overleden. Naast radioloog en kunstschilder was hij grondlegger van Museum Thijnhof in Coevorden". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- "Kees Thijn". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- "Kunstenaar (82) wil expositie: nieuw museum in Coevorden". RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). 28 June 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2023.