Guillaume

Collection Type :

Contemporary art, Surrealistic painting

Guillaume, an award-winning Dutch painter, has been very active in the art world since 2012. His works have mostly been shown in international exhibitions in Malmö, Sweden, Monaco -Art Monaco-, the Louvre in Paris, Studio 26 in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Rome, Naples, the Paris Biennale, and the Biennale Palermo in Sicily. His work is best described as surrealistic or magical realistic.

Guillaume, also named as Willem Lodewijk den Dunnen, was born on the 12th of June 1948 in Hardinxveld, the Netherlands. He was a student at the Academy Vredeman de Vries in Leeuwarden from 1968 till 1970. He has been a very active painter since 2012. His works are mostly shown in the international exhibitions such as Malmö in Sweden, Monaco -Art Monaco-, the Louvre in Paris, Studio 26 in New York, Art Fairs in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Rome, Naples, Paris Biennale and Biennale Palermo in Sicily. His work can be best described as surreal or magic realistic. Guillaume was rewarded La Palma d’Oro per l’Arte award in September 2014 at Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. In December 2014 at the Hotel Banke in Paris, Guillaume was awarded the Biennial Paris award. Guillaume was selected as one of the 700 artists from 7000 applications world-widely to participate in Palermo Artexpo, held between the 11th till the 25th of January, 2015. He exhibited his works at the Palazzo Sant 'Elia in Palermo, Italy and received many praises in art reviews in that country. Guillaume was awarded Premio ¨Il David di Bernini¨ in 2015 for his painting Thanksgiven in Lecce, Italy.