Postcard NL-5132474

The Dutch artist Guus van Eck was born in 1958. He studied in Maastricht at the Fine Arts Academy and the Jan van Eyck Academy and moved to Italy after his graduation to put his painting skills into practice. He produces his famous city views with gouache paint, onto either paper or canvas. He usually works sitting on the ground, setting up his composition with a big brush, in a bright and colourful handwriting. At later stage, he works on details with colour pencils. His subjects of preference are cityscapes, Sicilian motifs, Greek vases and patterns, and the general landscape.