Willem Bastiaan Tholen [SEP] place of birth
Willem Bastiaan Tholen
Willem Bastiaan Tholen( Amsterdam, 13 February 1860 – The Hague, 5 December 1931) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker with some connections to members of the Hague School and later associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.
Biography.
When Tholen was five years old, his family moved to Kampen. There he became friendly with the young Jan Voerman and they entered the Amsterdam academy together in 1876. Tholen earned his certificate of proficiency within a year, in turn enrolling in the Polytechnic School
. plsce of the Willink van Collenprijs in 1888.
- Willem Bastiaan Tholen - he won the 2. place of the Willink van Collenprijs in 1883 and in 1903 he got from the Queen Königin the Gold Medal of honor.
- Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller – won the 1. Platz of the Willink van Collenprijs in 1883.
- Ernst Witkamp – he won the 1. place of the Willink van Collenprijs in 1882.
- Willem Witsen - he won the 2. place of the Willink van Collenprijs in 1885