Theo Koning

'''Theo Koning''' (born 1950 in the Netherlands) was a Western Australian painter, sculptor, printmaker and art teacher,<ref>Snell, Ted (1985). Theo Koning stepping into the painter's world. In Art and Australia. 23 (1), 69-72.</ref> who for a time exhibited with the Galerie Dusseldorf, Turner Galleries and Art Collective WA in Perth.<ref>Snell, Ted (1979). Six artists working in Western Australia. In Art and Australia. 16 (4), 357-361.</ref>

Koning immigrated to Western Australia in 1953 at the age of three, and graduated in fine art at the Claremont Technical School<ref>p 56-58 of Snell, Ted, 1949- & Goddard, Julian & Marcon, Marco & Curtin University of Technology. Visual Culture Research Unit (1991). In The Painted image : twenty contemporary Western Australian painters. Visual Culture Research Unit, Curtin University of Technology, [Bentley, W.A.]</ref> in 1973, in the same year becoming one of the founding members of the Western Australian Sculptors' Association.<ref>In Woldendorp, Richard & Stringer, John (1995). ''Western Australian artists in residence''. Sandpiper Press, West Perth.{{ISBN|0958945411}}</ref>

Koning's works have gained extensive representation in art galleries throughout Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia.<ref>A regional scenario: an interview with Theo Koning. -by Goddard, Julian- Praxis M, no.20, () 1988, pp. 28–31</ref><ref>[http://nga.gov.au/AboutUs/Reports/AR07.pdf Annual Report 2007]</ref><ref>[http://nga.gov.au/AboutUs/Reports/AR02.pdf Annual Report 2002]</ref>

Koning died in 2022 at age 71. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://artcollectivewa.com.au/news/theo-koning-1950-2022/ | title=Theo Koning (1950-2022) }}</ref>

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