Karen Van Dulmen Krumpelman

Born in Rotterdam (NL) in 1962, Karen van Dulmen Krumpelman grew up in a cultural environment that encouraged and stimulated her love for drawing and painting and art in general.

She studied History of Art at Leiden University (1983-1988) while continuing to draw and to paint.
After she left Leiden for The Hague, Karen continues to paint portraits in commission, alongside free work.
In her charming studio at home, she also gives courses in drawing and painting.

Influences:

E.B. von Dülmen Krumpelmann (1897-1987)

From her childhood onward she had a close bond with her great-uncle, the painter E.B. von Dülmen Krumpelmann, which affected her technical development as a painter and the selection of her subjects. During the summer months until his death in 1987, she used to spend weeks with him at his home in the village of Zeegse (Drenthe, Netherlands), learning from him when painting together ‘en plein air’.

Lucian Freud (1922-2011)

Having seen a retrospective exhibition of the work of Lucian Freud in Paris in January 1988. Impressed by his work, Karen decided to write him a letter upon which he invited her to come to London in June of the same year. It is the beginning of a special relationship, which continued u...