Wim Heldens

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wim Heldens
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1954(1954-03-29)
Age	70
Birthplace	Sittard
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Limburg
Horoscope	Pisces

Wim Heldens Biography

Wim Heldens is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on March 29, 1954 in Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands. Wim Heldens (born 29 March 1954) is a Dutch realist artist, who was from Sittard.

When he returned back to Amsterdam, Heldens began to concentrate his attention on London as well. In the year 1998, his work “Blue Hair & Braces” was chosen for the annual exhibit that was held by The Royal Society of Portrait Painters at The Mall Galleries in London which was a winner of the Menena Joy Schwab Award. in the summer of that year, the painting was exhibited within The National Portrait Gallery. This painting later bought from The Arnot Arts Museum located situated in Elmira NY for their permanent collection. At that point, he made the decision to stop doing portrait commissions in order to focus on an expression that was more flexible of human drama in modern life. He started submitting his works to various art contests that took place in London, Spain and Italy. His works began to find their way into private collections of the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and the United States, and into collections at The Academic Hospital and the ING Bank in Amsterdam and The Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten in The Hague and the City Council in Sittard.

Wim Heldens was born in Sittard in the catholic south of the Netherlands. Heldens grew up in a household where from a young age he was artistically influenced by his parents and surrounded by paintings, books on art and music. His parents were not comfortable with the idea of their own son pursuing an artistic career. The friendship with the son of a local artist, Alphons Winters, brought Heldens in contact with the local artistic community. Winters and his family lived in a large house filled with paintings, sculptures and art objects from artists like Charles Eyck, Hans Truijen and Jan Sluyters, many of whom would pay visits on a regular basis. This artistic environment had a great influence on the young artist. It was the painter Tine Wesseling (the wife of poet Bertus Aafjes) who first recognized his talent, her encouragement (and an oil-paint-kit his parents gave him for his 17th birthday) definitively set him on his course to become a painter. He experimented in oil paint with every possible painting style he had been exposed to, discovering around the age of 18 that painting the human figure in a realistic way was his true calling.

Heldens did not think about his legal status as a tourist within America. USA as of July, 1995 as he returned to NYC the city, he was arrested by JFK Airport for having violated the visa waiver policy of U.S. Immigration and he was remanded to Amsterdam.

Wim Heldens Net Worth

Wim Heldens is one of the richest Painter from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wim Heldens 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1972 at the age 18 years old, Wim Heldens relocated to Amsterdam. The following years, He applied to several art academies within the Netherlands however he was not accepted. He was able to apply again to an academy located in Frankfurt where he was instantly accepted, but then he decided to pursue his own path. The following years, the artist concentrated on painting. He would lock himself in his studio, and working in solitude, attempting to develop his abilities. Numerous excursions to Italy provided a lot of inspiration but the most lasting impression of these years was the emotionally intense painting of Caravaggio. Earning a living from painting portraits Heldens invented this art form to investigate the human situation. In the midst of there was a modernist movement slowly becoming the general normal, Heldens explored renaissance techniques as well as two- and three-dimensional design, which included abstract geometric patterns. Additionally, the way he dealt with lighting by the masters of Dutch 17C painting, such as Johannes Vermeer, Gerard Ter Borch and Nicolaes Maes was a subject of his interest.

In the year the year 1990 Heldens was beginning to experience a sense of stifling within the small Dutch art scene and at the conclusion of the year, he moved into New York City where he discovered a new artistic environment with more appreciation of his work as opposed to the general criticism from the Netherlands which was a place where only praise for his artistic talents was the only feedback he received. Contrary to this, Americans were genuinely intrigued by the psychological as well as the story-telling characteristics of Heldens his work.

Wim Heldens divides his time between Amsterdam and the United States where he keeps a studio with his partner Eric who has been the leading character in most of his narrative paintings since 2004. In recent years he has been experimenting to integrate narrative elements in portraits, finding creative ways to paint portraits in commission, while avoiding the stifling restrictions that traditional portraiture can present.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Wim Heldens height Not available right now. Wim weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Wim Heldens Dating?

According to our records, Wim Heldens is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Wim Heldens’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Wim Heldens. You may help us to build the dating records for Wim Heldens!

Facts & Trivia

Wim Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Wim Heldens celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.