PIERRE VAN SOEST 1930/2001

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Because of his abstract expressionist style, Van Soest's early works have often been referred to as post-Cobra, a term the artist himself did not support.

Pierre van Soest was born in Venlo on October 14, 1930, and moved to Amsterdam in 1947. He attended the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam and was awarded the Royal Scholarship for Painting Arts in 1953 and 1954. He taught at Atelier 63 in Haarlem from 1965 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1971, and later at the Royal Academy of Arts and Design in Bois-le-Duc from 1972 to 1987. He worked extensively in the field of monumental art, mural painting and the design of concrete reliefs for public and private buildings in the Netherlands. Pierre van Soest passed away in January 2001.
Van Soest's work is represented in several public collections, including:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam , Collection Sandberg , national collection ( National Cultural Heritage Agency ), Curaçao's Museum Willemstad, Collection de la municipalité de Heerlen, Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Amsterdam, ABN-Amro Bank Amsterdam, Nationale Nederlanden, Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires, ING Bank Amsterdam, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, Museum van Bommel van Dam Venlo, AMC Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn, ABP Heerlen, Bouwfonds Nederlandse Gemeenten, Gasunie Groningen and national and foreign private collections.
Solo exhibitions :

1951 - Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam
1954 - Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam
1960 - Galerie 't Venster, Rotterdam
1962 - Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht
1963 - Galerie Magadelene Sothmann, Amsterdam
1963 - Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg
1963 - American Art Gallery, Copenhagen
1964 - Museum of Curaçao, Willemstad
1964 - Westing Gallery, Odense
1964 - Bonython Art Gallery, North Adelaide
1964 - South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1965 - Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht
1965 - Magadelene Sothmann Gallery, Amsterdam
1966 - Galerie de la Cour, Copenhagen
1967 - Kunstzaal GSA, Hilversum
1967 - Heerlen Town Hall
1967 - Magadelene Sothmann Gallery, Amsterdam
1968 - Gallery 20, Arnhem
1969 - Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1969 - Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague
1969 - Troutzaerte Gallery, Westdorpe
1970 - De Vaart, Hilversum
1971 - Heerlen Town Hall
1972 - Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
1973 - De Beyerd Cultural Center, Breda
1973 - Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague
1975 - Sauters Wijnhuys, Maastricht
1975 - Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague
1978 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1978 - Printing works, Amsterdam
1978 - City Museum, Schiedam
1978 - Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
1981 - Salle Blanche, Genk
1982 - Heerlen Town Hall
1985 - Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
1985 - City Hall, Heerlen
1985 - Zienagoog, Zaandam
1986 - De Waag, Almelo
1987 - Genootschap Kunstliefde, Utrecht
1989 - Dr Anton Philipszaal, The Hague
1989 - Centrale Beheer, Apeldoorn
1989 - Landgraaf Town Hall
1991 - Kritzraed House, Sittard
1991 - Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam
1993 - Gasunie, Groningen
1995 - FAH Gallery, Maastricht
1995 - Serious business, Amsterdam
1999 - Dom'Arte, Rucphen
1999 - De Secrétaire, Meppel
2002 - Art Index, Amsterdam
2003 - Kienhuis Hoving, Enschede
2005 - Dom'Arte, Rucphen
2008 - Galerie Moderne, Amsterdam
2009 - Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo

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