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Anton Heyboerartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsmanSabang (Indonesië, v/h Nederlands-Indië) 1924-2005 Den Ilp

biography of Anton Heyboer

Due to his unusual lifestyle, Anton Heyboer was one of the most eccentric Dutch artists of recent decades. His turbulent lifestyle resulted in five marriages. He also described himself as 'the Robin Hood of the art world', referring to his high art output. Heyboer was trained as a mechanical engineer. After the Second World War he started drawing, albeit still in a traditional style. Between 1954 and 1957 he developed his own philosophical scheme on the basis of which his abstract works of art arose. Yet figurative elements always remain in his paintings and etchings. Heyboer also clarified the themes of his work with texts, in which human relationships often play a role.

Anton Heyboer, born in Indonesia, moves to the Netherlands when he is five months old. During the First World War, he is taken to a transit camp in Berlin as part of the Arbeitseinsatz, but manages to escape after a near-death experience. For years he is haunted by this war trauma. In 1951 he voluntarily checks into a psychiatric institution. There he comes to an understanding and 'the artist' is born. Heyboer gains insight into the structure of his soul and spirit and records this in drawings and etchings.

After two failed marriages, he settled in Den Ilp in 1961 in a cowshed that he kept expanding with outbuildings – and women. First Maria, then four more women followed. It was a pleasure for him to turn the established order upside down and not only his art, but also his polygamous lifestyle is getting more and more attention. Heijboer's etchings from the 1960s and 1970s, with a self-created symbolism, are reminiscent of the work of Joseph Beuys, whose work was also influenced by the horrors of the Second World War. His fame is growing, the MoMA in New York and the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag are also purchasing his work. In 1975, the now internationally renowned artist was given a major exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. But Heyboer finds it difficult to deal with his success and is increasingly feeling aversion to the established art order. He 'destroys' the work that returns from the exhibition by partially painting them over with red paint. In 1984 Heyboer breaks ties with the established art order and from then on works in seclusion in Den Ilp. From now on his wives will take care of the business side and sell his work from a specially purchased house across the road.

In 2002 Heyboer became a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. He died in his sleep in 2005 at the age of 81 in his farm in Den Ilp.


previously for salepaintings, watercolours and drawings by Anton Heyboer


Anton Heyboer | Untitled, oil on canvas, 100.0 x 130.2 cm, signed l.c. (twice) and u.r. and dated 1975 and 1977

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Untitled

Anton Heyboer | The mowers, acrylic on canvas, 80.0 x 110.0 cm, signed on the reverse

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

The mowers

Anton Heyboer | The animal, oil on canvas, 30.4 x 40.2 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

The animal

Anton Heyboer | Red checken, oil on canvas, 85.0 x 65.1 cm, signed l.l.

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Red checken

Anton Heyboer | Red checken, oil on canvas, 85.0 x 65.1 cm, signed l.l.

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Red checken

Anton Heyboer | Ollekebolleke, oil on canvas, 54.9 x 64.9 cm, signed twice l.c. and c.r. and dated 1977

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Ollekebolleke

Anton Heyboer | Untitled, oil on canvas, 150.0 x 199.2 cm, signed u.c. and l.r. and dated 1975 and 1977

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Untitled

Anton Heyboer | Me is to exist/I is creation, oil on canvas, 100.0 x 130.1 cm, signed c., l.c. and l.r. and dated 1974

Anton Heyboer

painting • previously for sale

Me is to exist/I is creation

Anton Heyboer | Woman, gouache on paper, 69.0 x 61.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Woman

Anton Heyboer | Two women on the beach, chalk and watercolour on paper, 49.9 x 70.2 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Two women on the beach

Anton Heyboer | Woman on the beach, chalk and watercolour on paper, 78.5 x 106.8 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Woman on the beach

Anton Heyboer | Two ladies drinking lemonade at the beach, chalk and watercolour on paper, 54.0 x 78.9 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Two ladies drinking lemonade at the beach

Anton Heyboer | Chickens, gouache on paper, 65.5 x 35.5 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Chickens

Anton Heyboer | Dancer, chalk on paper, 29.0 x 20.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

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Dancer

Anton Heyboer | Dancer, chalk on paper, 29.0 x 20.0 cm, signed c.m.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Dancer

Anton Heyboer | Chicken, gouache on paper, 38.8 x 29.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Chicken

Anton Heyboer | Two women on the beach, coloured chalk on paper, 35.8 x 39.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Two women on the beach

Anton Heyboer | Paddling, coloured chalk on paper, 36.0 x 39.3 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Paddling

Anton Heyboer | Woman on the beach, coloured chalk on paper, 35.5 x 39.5 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Woman on the beach

Anton Heyboer | Dancers, chalk and watercolour on paper, 77.8 x 107.5 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Dancers

Anton Heyboer | Splash chicken, ecolyn on paper, 78.7 x 107.3 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Splash chicken

Anton Heyboer | A woman, watercolour on paper, 39.7 x 30.4 cm, signed l.m.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

A woman

Anton Heyboer | Two women on the beach, pastel on paper, 36.0 x 39.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Two women on the beach

Anton Heyboer | On the beach, pastel on paper, 36.0 x 39.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

On the beach

Anton Heyboer | Girls drinking lemonade, charcoal and watercolour on paper, 54.4 x 78.3 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Girls drinking lemonade

Anton Heyboer | Abstract composition, black ink on paper, 61.0 x 81.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Abstract composition


for salepaintings, watercolours and drawings by Anton Heyboer


Anton Heyboer | Ollekebolleke, oil on canvas, 54.9 x 64.9 cm, signed twice l.c. and c.r. and dated 1977

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Ollekebolleke

Anton Heyboer | Born death, love god, oil on canvas, 24.0 x 29.9 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Born death, love god

Anton Heyboer | Born death, live with god, oil on canvas, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Born death, live with god

Anton Heyboer | Composition with cross, oil on canvas, 24.2 x 29.9 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Composition with cross

Anton Heyboer | Colorful composition, oil on canvas, 18.9 x 24.0 cm, signed on the reverse

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Colorful composition

Anton Heyboer | Untitled, oil on canvas, 130.0 x 100.3 cm, signed l.c. (twice) and dated (twice) 1977

Anton Heyboer

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Untitled

Anton Heyboer | Figure, acrylic on canvas, 41.5 x 27.0 cm, signed l.c. and dated 1989

Anton Heyboer

painting • for sale

Figure

Anton Heyboer | Untitled, crayon and watercolour on paper, 42.5 x 42.5 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Untitled

Anton Heyboer | Sunbathing under an umbrella, chalk and gouache on paper, 28.0 x 28.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

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Sunbathing under an umbrella

Anton Heyboer | Two women on the beach, crayon and watercolour on paper, 29.0 x 38.5 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Two women on the beach

Anton Heyboer | Two lesbian women love each other in the artist, pencil, chalk and watercolour on paper, 78.4 x 108.0 cm, signed l.c. and dated 1984, without frame

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Two lesbian women love each other in the artist

Anton Heyboer | Two lesbian women, pencil, chalk and watercolour on paper, 78.5 x 107.5 cm, signed l.c. and dated 1984, without frame

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Two lesbian women

Anton Heyboer | Untitled, ink and watercolour on paper, 78.5 x 107.5 cm, signed l.c. and dated 1984, without frame

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Untitled

Anton Heyboer | The potential kiss of lesbian women, pencil, chalk and watercolour on paper, 78.4 x 107.5 cm, signed l.c. and dated 1989, without frame

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

The potential kiss of lesbian women

Anton Heyboer | Four brides, mixed media on paper, 78.8 x 108.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

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Four brides

Anton Heyboer | Mother and child, mixed media on paper, 72.5 x 64.0 cm, signed l.c.

Anton Heyboer

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Mother and child


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