Our Artists
Francine Van Nieuwenhove (Van Hove)
The illustrator and contemporary painter Francine Van Hove is known for her gentle, sensuous portraits of women. She describes her relationship with Nouvelles Images, who publish her paintings as posters and canvas prints, as "friendly, fascinating and fruitful".
Biography
Portraits of women
The illustrator and contemporary painter Francine Van Hove paints gentle, sensuous portraits of women in day-to-day poses.
She always paints with a live model and has a particular mastery of transparent skin tones. Beauty, refinement, sensuality and meditation are the prominent themes of her work.
She is inspired by daily life, painting and literature.
Her masters are La Tour, Ingres, Degas, the painters of the Italian Renaissance and Dutch painting.
Exhibitions
She had her first exhibition in 1978 and her art has since received increasing public recognition.
She has had a large number of exhibitions, notably at the ‘Blondel Gallery’ and the International Contemporary Art Fair.
Her works are reproduced as lithographs and are used as covers for books.
Works
Francine Van Hove’s works are exhibited at the Alain Blondel Gallery
128 rue Vieille du Temple
75003 Paris
Tel. 01 42 78 66 67
See also the Bellefeuille Gallery website
Useful links
See the official website francinevanhove.com
See the blog dedicated to Francine Van Hove francinevanhove.blogspot.com
Francine Van Nieuwenhove (Van Hove) 's products at Nouvelles Images
> Prints and posters
Identity
Nationality(ies) : French
Born on : 05/05/1942
Profile : Designer, Painter
Artistic current(s) : Classical
Theme(s) covered : Art of living, Flowers - plants, Landscapes - Nature, Portraits - Characters
Francine Van Nieuwenhove
