movement birth_place training awards nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
schijt -rrb- , 1963 aan schilderkunst -lrb- bollocks to painting , sas ravenswaaij , netherlands academy van eyck academy , maastricht of art and design , den bosch jan royal city of maastricht prize -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , royal subsidy subsidy for painting -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , travel grant , french for government , -lrb- 1964 -rrb- painting , -lrb- 1959 -rrb- , dutch art 23 may 1935 lukas smits
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lukas smits

lukas smits -lrb- born 23 may 1935 , ravenswaaij -rrb- is a dutch painter .
lukas smits was born in ravenswaaij -lrb- buren -rrb- and studied both at the academy of art and design in den bosch and at the jan van eyck-academy in maastricht .
in 1959 he received the royal subsidy for painting , which was followed by the city of maastricht prize -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , another royal subsidy for painting -lrb- 1962 -rrb- and a travel grant from the french government -lrb- 1964 -rrb- .
smits travelled to spain , italy -lrb- regularly -rrb- , france , mexico , the united states and indonesia to complete his studies .
he specialised as painter , collagist , draftsman , designer and sculptor .
among his works , non-figurative mixed media wall -- paintings , glass mosaics , and wooden and metal sculptures can be seen with the number three as a constant element .
three is an important number for smits , as it disposes the amount of different media mixed on the art work -lrb- three media -rrb- , the parts in which the composition is divided -lrb- tripartite composition -rrb- , and the physicality of the support -lrb- triptych -rrb- .
the subject-matter of smits ' work explores the relationship between nature and culture .
in this sense , he explored culture itself in a daily life context with the exhibition .
smits attempted with ad snijders and johan lennarts to bring art closer to people and make it more understandable .
smits has worked as a lecturer at the fine arts academy in tilburg and has collaborated in environment projects .
he has also been a member of the brabantse stichting voor beeldende kunst en edelambacht and of the b.b.k. amsterdam .
smits has displayed his work in the barreira galerry , valencia , spain and in the loewy galerie , los angeles , united states , in arti en amicitiae , amsterdam and the centre cultureel , toulousse , france -lrb- 1986 -rrb- , in the galerie traject , utrecht -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , and in la passarelle des arts , chambourcy , france -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and both the municipalities of eindhoven and amsterdam acquired work by him -lrb- amsterdam possesses z.w. kwadraat ' 1977 and schilderij ' 1978 - ' 80 -rrb- .
in addition , he has also participated in group exhibitions , being the most remarkable the following ones : the stedelijk museum het prinsenhof , delft -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , the stedelijk van abbemuseum , eindhoven -lrb- 1963 and 1968 -rrb- , and the museum fodor , amsterdam -lrb- 1978 -- 1979 -rrb- .
lukas smits currently lives and works in amsterdam and kamerik .
