{{short description|Dutch painter (1916 – 2009)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Kees Bol | image = Kees Bol.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Cornelis Bol | birth_date = 21 September 1916 | birth_place = Oegstgeest, Netherlands | death_date = {{d-da|16 September 2009|21 September 1916}} | death_place = Waalwijk, Netherlands | known_for = Painting, art education | training = | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = }}

'''Cornelis''' "'''Kees'''" '''Bol''' (21 September 1916 &ndash; 16 September 2009)<ref>[http://www.hhbest.nl/index.php/2009/09/19/kees-bol-1916-2009-brabantse-topschilder/]{{dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref> was a Dutch painter and art educator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/10084|title=Home Kees Bol|work=rkd.nl}}</ref> His work was exhibited in art galleries and museums throughout the Netherlands, as well as in Paris. Bol's work encompassed landscapes, portraits and still life paintings. His style can be described as figurative and expressive, with a specific feeling for tonal quality. In 1950 Bol was awarded the Thérèse van Duyl-Schwartze Prize and in 1982 he was made Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

==Biography== Bol was born in Oegstgeest. Initially he was a florist in his home town. After moving to Eindhoven in 1935, he held corporate jobs at Bata Shoes and Philips.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jacobs|first=P.M.J|title=Beeldend Nederland: biografisch handboek|edition=2|location=Tilburg|publisher=P.M.J. Jacobs|year=1993|page=137}}</ref> In 1941 he married Toos van 't Hof. During the second world war he turned to art, first studying with Jan Heesters and later on at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague with Paul Citroen, Han van Dam and Henk Meijer.<ref name="8k">[http://www.keesbol.8k.com/index.html Kees Bol - Unofficial website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420115228/http://keesbol.8k.com/index.html |date=2008-04-20 }} {{in lang|nl}}</ref> In 1947 he moved to Tongelre, Eindhoven where he worked as a painter and taught at the Design Academy Eindhoven which he helped set up. Around that time Bol shared a studio with René Smeets, the first chair of the Design Academy Eindhoven. thumb|Flooded land near Nederwetten. Kees Bol 1960 In 1970 he moved to Heusden. He also spent considerable time painting in France, mostly in Lozère.

At the Design Academy Eindhoven, back at the Royal Academy of Art and in his studio Bol educated scores of art students, among whom Helen Berman, Frans Clement, Els Coppens-van de Rijt, Frank Dekkers, Frank Letterie, Har Sanders, and Hans van Vroonhoven. Two of his sons, Henri (1945-2000) and Peter (1947-2024), have also become accomplished visual artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peterbol.com/CONTENT/biografie-e.html|title=peterbol|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929012944/http://www.peterbol.com/content/biografie-e.html|archivedate=2015-09-29}}</ref>

Opposite what had been his home and studio from 1947 in Eindhoven, a park was named in his honor. This park contains Bol's bust.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070912140921/http://www.theoldhometown.com/eindhoven/picture/number12342.asp Picture d description of the park and statue at Eindhoven-in-beeld.nl]}} {{in lang|nl}}</ref> On 7 October 1991 the Dutch broadcaster NCRV aired a special about the painter.

==Bibliography== * Bol, Willemijn (2025) ''Kees Bol Portretten van Henri''. Heusden: Het Blaauw Laaken Kunstkabinet, {{ISBN|9789090408873}}. * Thoben, Peter (2022) ''Opgroeien tussen kunstenaars en kunst. Het kunstklimaat in Eindhoven ten tijde van Kees Bol'', 1935-1970, pp. 73-95, in: Bol, Willemijn, Van Engen, Hildo, Thoben, Peter (2022) ''Henri Bol. De leefwereld van een Brabantse fijnschilder''. Heusden: Het Gouverneurshuis, Het Blaauw Laaken, {{ISBN|9789090360287}} * Bol, Peter en Henriëtte Verburgh (2005) ''Kees Bol''. Kees Bol Foundation. * Verburgh, Henriëtte (2001) ''Kees Bol: portretten van Toos''. Wijk: Pictures Publishers, {{ISBN|90-73187-39-7}}. * Beks, Maarten (1991) ''Kees Bol: 1974-1991''. Hapert: De Kempen Pers, {{ISBN|90-70427-81-8}}. * Tegenbosch, Lambert (1984) ''Het waterschap van Kees Bol''. Kunsthandel Lambert Tegenbosch, Amsterdam/Heusden * Puijenbroek, Frans van en Lambert Tegenbosch (1976). ''Kees Bol''. Eindhoven: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum. * Wessem, Jan N. van (1957) ''Kees Bol''. Leiden: De Lakenhal.

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==External links== *[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/10084 Kees Bol page] at the Dutch Office for Art History Documentation *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071122021149/http://www.galeriegijsbrechtbol.com/nl/index.php?id=2&kunst=2 Kees Bol page] at Galerie Gijsbrecht Bol *[http://www.artnet.com/artist/553865/cornelis-kees-bol.html Kees Bol page] at artnet.com *[http://www.askart.com/askart/b/kees_bol/kees_bol.aspx Kees Bol page] at askart.com *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724150341/http://bkrkunst.nl/kunstenaars/kees-bol Kees Bol page] at bkrkunst.nl {{Authority control (arts)}}

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