Willem Labeij [SEP] date of death
Willem Labeij
Willem Labeij (3 November 1943 – 14 November 2011), was a Dutch expressionist abstract painter. Willem Labeij influenced abstract expressionism in Iceland where he lived for a number of years, especially in the rural countryside and smaller towns where he stayed from 1990–1994. Willem is known for a very personal, strong and poetic style in his abstract painting. As a highly educated Dutch artist living in rural communities in Iceland, his presence was noted and felt by the locals and the art community in Iceland. Willem held
although he experimented with several other styles. He used oil on canvas and watercolors on paper for his work. During his later years Willem used compositions of sea shells, flowers, stones and other natural objects as motives for digital photography. He had been using photography to assist in the artistic process since he lived in Maastricht.
Personal life.
Willem did not take on outside work and lived off his art most of his life. He was married to Magdalena Labeij, a physical therapist, who greatly supported her husband