Siegfried Woldhek
Illustration — Siegfried Woldhek (2017) Siegfried Woldhek (born May 14, 1951) is a Dutch artist and illustrator. He was the CEO of the Dutch branch of World Wildlife Fund. In a 2008 four-minute Ted Talk he explains how he - as an experienced portraitist himself - discovered the true face of Leonardo da Vinci.
Siegfried Woldhek
DWDD · Siegfried Woldhek over zijn boek 'ZieZo' · CC BY 3.0
- Born
- 1951 · Emmen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- artist · editorial cartoonist · illustrator
- Honours
- Inktspot prize · G.H. 's-Gravesande-prijs
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Siegfried Woldhek (2017) Siegfried Woldhek (born May 14, 1951) is a Dutch artist and illustrator. He was the CEO of the Dutch branch of World Wildlife Fund. In a 2008 four-minute Ted Talk he explains how he - as an experienced portraitist himself - discovered the true face of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Portraits
Woldhek is mostly known for the numerous portraits and caricatures of writers and politicians he made since 1976 for books, magazines, newspapers and museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City and The New York Review of Books.
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Life and career
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1951
Siegfried Woldhek born at Emmen.
2008
Siegfried Woldhek: The search for the true face of Leonardo (TED).
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Siegfried Woldhek received Inktspot prize and G.H. 's-Gravesande-prijs.
Awards
2002 Order of the Golden Arc, by Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, for contributions to conservation. 2002 G.H. 's-Gravesande-prize, for literary achievements, for his writer portraits
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