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Rien Vörgers was bornin 1923 in Enschede, The And though Picabia was the first modern painter
Netherlands. He studied at the local Academy of using “transparency”, he did not get rid of lines and
Art before WWII, when it existed under another contours like Rien does.
name. After having finished his art studies, using In the Dutch Government’s Parliament building
the then customary drawing techniques, Rien “Het Binnenhof” in The Hague, a seven months solo

began his career with theatre stage decoration. exhibition was organized in 2002/2003 especially for
This scene-painting aroused a life long interest 24 of Rien’s paintings. At that time when the Vice
in stage-management, which he only gave up in Prime Minister and Secretary of the Treasury were

the early 1970’s. Between 1945-49, he traveled in office, Gerrit Zalm, opened his show.
through Southeast Asia with his own Netherlands In 2005 the Lorenzo il Magnifico Career Award Medal
Indonesian Welfare Artist theatre. Back in The of the City of Florence, Italy was granted to Rien at
Netherlands he took up further activities as a the 5th Biennial of International Contemporary Art,
director of plays and musicals under his artistic where he showed a set of five acrylic paintings on

name Nick Wanders. It was only in the early canvas called “The Seasons” and “House”. At that
1980s, that he realized full-time painting. It was occasion Christo also received the same in honour
then that he first created his own renovating of his participation in this event held in the Fortezza

“mosaic” style, which goes one step further than di Basso between 3 and 11 December 2005.
Mondriaan’s work half a century earlier. In 2009 Rien was awarded a “Diploma of Excellence
His meditative way of creating resembles that of (Honorable Award)” by the London Gallery Art
De Kooning’s, who also dared to deviate from the Addiction. Rien has had 14 solo shows and took
then current fashion in abstract painting. part in over fifteen international exhibits worldwide.

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