Rein Dool
Dool was born in Leiden in 1933. Dool trained at the Amsterdam Graphic School and later went to work as a lithographer. He is a self-taught artist who first started exhibiting in 1951.
Also recorded as Reinier Arie Dool
Rein Dool
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- Born
- 1933. · Leiden.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter, photographer, ceramicist, graphic artist, draftsperson, watercolorist and pen drawer.
- Fields
- ceramic art.
- Education
- European Ceramics Work Center.
- Honours
- Jeanne Oosting Award.
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Dool was born in Leiden in 1933. Dool trained at the Amsterdam Graphic School and later went to work as a lithographer. He is a self-taught artist who first started exhibiting in 1951.
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He decided to pursue a career in the visual arts around 1960. In December 2022, the unannounced removal of a 1970s Dool painting at Leiden University of senior male staff smoking cigars has raised questions of cancel culture.
Rein Dool studied at European Ceramics Work Center. The field of work recorded is ceramic art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Leiden and Dordrecht. Work by Rein Dool is recorded in the collections of ASR art collection, Dordrechts Museum, Museum De Lakenhal, Kunstcollectie Provincie Gelderland and Museum Arnhem. Distinctions recorded are Jeanne Oosting Award.
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Kunstenaar Rein Dool, IJmuiden, 1993
Fotopersbureau De Boer · Kunstenaar Rein Dool, IJmuiden, Noord-Hollands Archief, collectie Fotopersbureau De Boer, [NL-HlmNHA_1478_38635K00_18
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