Tjaarke Maas [SEP] country of citizenship
from the Netherlands. At the age of 17 she came back to Europe and went to Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, and later continued her studies in New York, where she was introduced to the art of icon painting. The Russian sacred art, literature and philosophy greatly influenced Maas' life and work.
At the age of 18, she was married, and to support her family began to work, as a model, travelling extensively throughout Europe, visiting Japan and Australia. Influences, especially of Japanese wood
Tjaarke Maas
Tjaarke Hendrika Maria Maas (26 October 1974 – 26 June 2004) was a Dutch painter, whose work had started to be discovered in late 1990s, attracting attention of the general public and the critics. Her artwork had been exhibited in New York City, Jersey City, New Jersey (NJ), Florence (Italy) Moscow (Russia) and St. Petersburg (Russia).
Biography.
Tjaarke Maas started to paint since her early childhood, in Tasmania, Australia, where her family had immigrated