{"id":858,"date":"2021-12-22T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginevra.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=858"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T10:47:53","slug":"over-mij","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richardvanklooster.nl\/en\/over-mij\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"858\" class=\"elementor elementor-858\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dd115f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4dd115f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56f6560\" data-id=\"56f6560\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2ae597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d2ae597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc1e79 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-ginevra_core_section_title\" data-id=\"8cc1e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ginevra_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left\">\n    \t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\tABOUT ME\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f40aa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9f40aa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85bd932 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85bd932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At a very young age, I was already taking weekly drawing lessons. In 1975, I started\nvisiting the studio of Brother Beatus Nijs in Hilversum, who taught the classical\nmethods. I would draw still lifes, classical plaster busts, et cetera. It was all about\n\u2018learning to see\u2019.<br><br><\/p>\n<p>During a spell at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam (today the Willem de Kooning Academy), my work was more abstract \u2013 a sign of the times. But my passion laid \u2013 and lies \u2013 in the figurative arts. So, I quit the Academy and went on to hone my self-taught skills.&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n<p>Exhibitions with mixed-media and graphic works followed. And soon, I was receiving commissions as a graphic designer. This resulted in owning my\nown business: a communications agency, with a small and dedicated staff. But I always continued painting.<br><br><\/p>\n<p>And since classical portraiture is once again en vogue, I have been painting full-time. Over the past 25 years, I have dedicated myself to painting oil portraits, on commission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-489415c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"489415c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d0fbe6\" data-id=\"2d0fbe6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92e44b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f92e44b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/richardvanklooster.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Atelier-01.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\" controlslist=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over mij Al op zeer jonge leeftijd kreeg ik wekelijks tekenlessen. Vanaf 1975 bezocht ik het atelier van Frater Beatus Nijs in Hilversum, die lesgaf volgens de klassieke methode. Hier tekende ik stillevens, klassieke gipskoppen enzovoorts. Het ging om \u2018leren kijken\u2019. Tijdens een korte periode aan de Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam (huidig Willem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-858","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over Mij - Richard van Klooster - Portraits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over Richard van Klooster- lees meer over portretschilder Richard van Klooster, zijn opleiding en zijn passie voor figuratieve kunst.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/richardvanklooster.nl\/en\/over-mij\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over Mij - 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