Luc Leestemaker
Luc Leestemaker | |
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| Born | Lucas Christiaan Leestemaker May 18, 1957 Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Died | May 18, 2012 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | American, Dutch |
| Education | Self-taught, being influenced by long lineage of artists before him (his grandfather and great grandfather were painters) |
| Known for | Abstracted Landscapes, Abstract Expressionism |
| Notable work | Voyagers, Map of The Wind, Allegories, Songs of the Unconscious |
| Movement | Being interested in exploring multi disciplinary interchanges, Leestemaker created art-collectives of artists, composers, musicians, actors, early on in career in the Netherlands; "Groenlandsestraatweg" and "Hart Poetry." |
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Luc Leestemaker (May 18, 1957 – May 18, 2012) was an American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
Leestemaker was born in Hilversum and raised in Nuenen (Noord-Brabant). In Eindhoven he started the Dutch art collective "Hart Poetry" with his fellows Bart Op het Veld en Mat Verberkt. Together with them he also founded the PR-agency Trains in Eindhoven. After dissoliving both the collective and the agency he went to Amsterdam where he headed Leestemaker & Associates, an Amsterdam-based consulting firm specializing in the arts.