Thierry Rijkhart de Voogd


Thierry Marc Rijkhart de Voogd was a French-born Dutch realist painter of still life, landscapes, figures, portraits and animals.

Life

Thierry Rijkhart de Voogd was born in Grand-Couronne near Rouen, France, on 15 August 1944. He was the son of a Dutch couple who had emigrated to France. He studied at a young age at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Rouen in the years 1959–1962. He then worked as an artist in France and married the later sculptor Maïté Duval in 1967. The couple moved to the Netherlands where Rijkhart de Voogd had his atelier in Voorst and Zutphen. The artistic archives of both Duval and Rijkhart de Voogd were donated to the regional archive in Zutphen. Rijkhart de Voogd's work can be found in public buildings in the Netherlands and France, and in private and museum collections. He died in Zutphen, the Netherlands, on 28 May 1999.

Works

Rijkhart de Voogd created many paintings, mainly using acrylic paint on canvas, such as:Maïté, gouache, 56x46 cm, Maïté Duval collection, 1966.
  • Mural La retraite aux parapluies, La Bouille city hall, France, 1968.Tombé du ciel, 55x33 cm, private collection, 1973.Lenteschaduw, 40x40 cm, private collection, 1976.IJssellucht, 100x100 cm, Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, 1976.Knotwilg, 120x90 cm, private collection, 1976.Achter de duinen, 90x120 cm, private collection, 1977.De laatste geranium, 60x80 cm, Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, 1976.Petit nuage, 100x110 cm, private collection, 1981.La lune, 110x140 cm, Maïté Duval collection, 1981.Lentemorgen, 40x50 cm, private collection, 1982.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of his work include:
  • Galérie Lemonnier, Rouen, 1962.
  • Maison Descartes, Amsterdam, 1974.
  • Institut Néerlandais, Paris, 1976.
  • Group exhibition Lucht, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 1978.
  • Stadsmuseum Doetinchem, 1982.
  • Singermuseum Laren, 1983.
  • Group exhibition Vier vormen een kwartet, Museum Henriette Polak Zutphen, 1987.Het grootste in de kleinste dingen. Thierry Rijkhart de Voogd, 1944-1999, Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, 2009.Maïté en Thierry, Museum Henriette Polak Zutphen, 2021.