Bob ten Hoope - An

• Cornelis Jan (Bob) ten Hoope (Bussum, 14 February 1920 − there, 18 January 2014) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and etcher.

From 1935, Ten Hoope attended various courses in Amsterdam, including at the later Gerrit Rietveld Academy. He was a fellow student of Karel Appel, and the two painters frequently portrayed each other. He worked primarily in the Gooi region, in his birthplace, and for decades in France (Pont-en-Royans). He was a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists (BBK), the Association of Visual Artists Laren-Blaricum, the Artists' Association De Onafhankelijken, and Le Carrefour. Bob ten Hoope primarily painted (nude) portraits, figures, and landscapes. Exhibitions Bob ten Hoope exhibited for the first time in 1949 at Hotel Hamdorff, and later also at the Singer Museum in Laren; a memorial service was held at the latter museum following his death on January 27, 2014. Since July 2021, a permanent exhibition of his work has been housed in the former Carmelite monastery in Beauvoir-en-Royans. Prizes and honors In 1956, Bob ten Hoope received the Prix du Carrefour and later the Prix Arts et Lettres. In 2010, he was awarded the Jan Hamdorff Prize, a biennial lifetime achievement award from the municipality of Laren, and was also made a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.