Pieter Langendijk

Pieter Langendijk is a self-taught Dutch artist, inspired by Karel Appel, Willem de Kooning and Jean Michel Basquiat, but he has a thing for (new) abstract expressionism so there is no easy categorization. Or like Picasso said: "Painting cannot be taught, it can only be found".

Langendijk gets his inspiration from heroes, nature and all good things in life, which makes for a personal and eclectic oeuvre. His work present a combination of an abstract, figurative imagery and painting expressed with emotion and sensitivity. He creates in a spontaneous and intuitive manner, often in a loose style.

Before his career as a painter began, he produced several Dutch TV Shows, like the award-winning “The Secret of a Master Painter”.
In this programme a team of leading experts takes up the ultimate challenge to reconstruct six of the most diverse Dutch masterpieces. In the process the experts pull out all the stops to get as close as possible to the artist's technique, style and perception of the world. Masterspieces featured in the show: Van Gogh, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Bosch, Mondriaan and Appel.

The Netherlands has an illustrious history of unparalleled worldwide fame when it comes to painting. But Langendijk’s paintings convey a ...

Media & Culture, University of Amsterdam

Recent exhibitions:
- 2017; Gall. Breukelen (Breukelen, The Netherlands)
- 2016; Gall. Raamstraat (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)