Global InformationLuc Leestemaker information
Luc Leestemaker | |
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| Born | Lucas Christiaan Leestemaker May 18, 1957 Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Died | May 18, 2012 (aged 55) Los Angeles, CA, US |
| Nationality | American, Dutch |
| Education | Self-taught, being influenced by long lineage of artists before him (his grandfather and great grandfather were painters) |
| Known for | Abstracted Landscapes, Abstract Expressionism |
| Notable work | Voyagers, Map of The Wind, Allegories, Songs of the Unconscious |
| Movement | Being interested in exploring multi disciplinary interchanges, Leestemaker created art-collectives of artists, composers, musicians, actors, early on in career in the Netherlands; "Groenlandsestraatweg" and "Hart Poetry." |
| Spouse |
Lysette Anthony
(m. 1990; div. 1995) |
| Patron(s) | President and Mrs. Bill Clinton, Mrs. Nancy Reagan, President and Mrs. G.W. Bush, Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, Ms. Drew Barrymore, Ms. Whoopi Goldberg, Mr. and Mrs. D. Gergen, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Haden, Mr. and Mrs. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ueberroth, Mr. Harvey Weinstein. |
Luc Leestemaker (May 18, 1957 – May 18, 2012) was an American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
Leestemaker was born in Hilversum and raised in Nuenen (Noord-Brabant). In Eindhoven he started the Dutch art collective "Hart Poetry" with his fellows Bart Op het Veld en Mat Verberkt. Together with them he also founded the PR-agency Trains in Eindhoven. After dissoliving both the collective and the agency he went to Amsterdam where he headed Leestemaker & Associates, an Amsterdam-based consulting firm specializing in the arts.