Els Coppens-van de Rijt
Coppens-van de Rijt was born in Sint-Oedenrode, as one of twins to a Roman Catholic family with 11 children. She studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven with Kees Bol and Jan Gregoor and at the Art Academy of Maastricht. Here she met her husband, sculptor Joep Coppens.
Els Coppens-van de Rijt
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- 1943 · Sint-Oedenrode.
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- writer · painter
- Education
- Design Academy Eindhoven · Jan van Eyck Academie
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- Jan Gregoor · Kees Bol · Albert Troost · Hubert Levigne
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Coppens-van de Rijt was born in Sint-Oedenrode, as one of twins to a Roman Catholic family with 11 children. She studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven with Kees Bol and Jan Gregoor and at the Art Academy of Maastricht. Here she met her husband, sculptor Joep Coppens.
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1943
Els Coppens-van de Rijt born at Sint-Oedenrode.
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After her studies she made name as a painter, in particular of portraits. She ceased painting, however, due to Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. Since, she has been writing among others on her Christian belief.
• 1996 – The other reality • 1997 – I stayed at the edge of the river • 2002 – Frank letters of belief • 2008 – Martien Coppens, from village boy to city man (with Joep Coppens)
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- 1.Els Coppens-van de Rijt at Personalia
- 2.Brabander L: Geloven in Nederland. (Dutch for Believing in the Netherlands). Kampen: Kok, 2006, p. 39.
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- Leo Brabander: Ziekte en lijden voegen iets toe aan ons leven (Dutch: Disease and suffering add something to our lives), book chapter on Els Coppens van de Rijt in Geloven in Nederland. (Dutch: Believing in the Netherlands). Kampen: Kok, 2006, p. 38-43.
- Joep en Els Coppens. Neerpelt: De Dommelhof, 1971.
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Els Coppens-van de Rijt studied at Design Academy Eindhoven and Jan van Eyck Academie. She trained under Jan Gregoor, Kees Bol, Albert Troost and Hubert Levigne.
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