Marike Bok
Marike Bok (17 January 1943 – 12 June 2017) was a Dutch portrait painter.
Marike Bok
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- Name
- Marike Bok
- Birth Name
- Martina Diederika Bok
- Born
- 17 January 1943
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Died
- 12 June 2017
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Education
- Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
- Known for
- Painting, printmaking, drawing
- Movement
- Modern Baroque
- Spouse
- Rinus van den Bosch
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter.
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Marike Bok (17 January 1943 – 12 June 2017) was a Dutch portrait painter.
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Marike Bok (1943–2017) was a Dutch painter. Born in Amsterdam, the painter died in The Hague. Marike Bok worked in The Hague. Genres include portrait.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Marike Bok • Birth Name — Martina Diederika Bok • Born — 17 January 1943 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Died — 12 June 2017 • Place of death — The Hague • Education — Royal Academy of Art, The Hague • Known for — Painting, printmaking, drawing • Notable Works — The Gentlemen's club, Beatrix of the Netherlands, President of the Supreme Court, Conductor of The Royal Theater The Hague • Movement — Modern Baroque • Spouse — Rinus van den Bosch
Life and work
Life and work
Bok studied at the Royal Art Academy in The Hague. Bok painted the Dutch Queen Beatrix twice. In 1995 she painted the Gentleman's Club (De heren club). This painting is a group portrait of some well-known Dutch artists and politicians like Marcel van Dam, Harry Mulisch, Hans van Mierlo, Reinbert de Leeuw, Martin Veltman, Gerrit Komrij, Adriaan van Dis and André Spoor. In 2011 she painted former prime minister of the Netherlands Ruud Lubbers. Marike Bok was often compared with classic Dutch painters like Frans Hals because of her technique and also because she was the only modern portrait painter who never worked from photographs and exactly painted like the old Dutch masters.
Gallery
Gallery
Portraits by Marike Bok • Illustration — Portrait of the Dutch Gentleman's club with famous writers and intellectuals (1995), painted by Marike Bok. • Illustration — Portrait of Beatrix of the Netherlands (1995), painted by Marike Bok. • Illustration — Lammert Leertouwer
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1995 Museum Mesdag, The Hague (The Netherlands) Portrait Queen Beatrix (Exhibition) • 1996 Historical Museum, Amsterdam. Painting 'De Herenclub' (Gentleman's club) • 1997 Tweede Kamer, The Hague (The Netherlands) Portrait Dick Dolman • 1998 Oranje Boven, Portrait Queen Beatrix • 2000 Nieuwspoort, The Hague (The Netherlands) Minister Jorritsma • 2000 Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Generaal B.A.C. Droste) • 2000 Dutch Royal Air Force portrait gallery • 2000 Pulchri Studio, The Hague (The Netherlands) • 2002 Pulchri Studio, The Hague (The Netherlands)
Identity
Identity
Marike Bok is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre portrait.
Marike Bok painted former prime minister Ruud Lubbers
Marike Bok
Marike Bok painted former prime minister Ruud Lubbers
Marike Bok
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1943
Marike Bok was born on 17 January 1943.
2017
Marike Bok died on 12 June 2017.
Places
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Amsterdam.
Birth place
The Hague.
Death place
Books
In 2016 Marike Bok suffered from a stroke that made painting in the last year before she deceased very difficult. In September 2017 the book Marike Bok was published. A biography of her life and work. the author is Diederiekje Bok. • Marike Bok, ogen van een klok (2017), (Dutch) Diederiekje Bok, • Rinus (2017), (Dutch) Willem Otterspeer, • Flarden van een stem (2009), (Dutch) Willem Otterspeer,
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6763425: Marike Bok
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- “Marike Bok”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Het elan van Marike Bok. 2002.
- 2.Portretten Koningin te koop. Trouw. October 9, 1995.
- 3.De koningin in 4 smaken. De Volkskrant. October 7, 1995.
- 4.ANP. The Gentleman's club (De Herenclub). October 11, 1996.
- 5.Waard, Peter de. Portretschilder die niet het uiterlijk, maar de persoon verbeeldde. De Volkskrant. 20 July 2017.
- 6.The Post Online. Marike Bok, de Frans Hals van de 21ste eeuw. October 30, 2017.
- 7.Portretschilder die niet het uiterlijk, maar de persoon verbeeldde. Volkskrant. July 20, 2017.
- 8.Portretten Koningin te koop. September 23, 2017.
- 9.Exhibitions. 2002.
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