(best viewed in Times font); last update 4 February 2012
(best viewed in Times font); last update 4 February 2012
Every first of the month a new picture is placed on this site: photograph, drawing, or whatever the artist feels like showing at that moment.
A number of Theo's drawings for this site will be available
for sale in limited editions of 'giclée' prints, accompanied by a
certificate of guarantee signed by the artist. Until the website is redesigned,
interested persons are advised to apply to the artist by email (address
below on this page).
38-YEAR-OLD SNAIL moved to new site [see
new page]
A bronze sculpture of a snail, representing excellence in building skills, having lost its original background, has been moved to a new site and thereby acquired a new meaning. For 38 years it lived in front of a tall building opposite Amersfoort railway station but it now adorns a tree-shaded roundabout in Amersfoort's newest suburb which is fittingly known as Vathorst, after the farmhouse that first gave its name to Theo's ancestors.
Theo made a series of reliefs for a friend's private
concert hall, based on the four seasons" but all connected with music.
See Four Seasons Reliefs.
For Theo's large relief sculpture at Leiden University,
unveiled August 31st 2009 by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, click here. . For unveiling, see
photographs.
DOCUMENTATION
A brief downloadable article about the Leiden relief, by Dr. Louk Tilanus, is to be found at http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/doc2.pdf
Theo van de Vathorst: Het beeld
en het verhaal (Telling Sculpture) is the title of the book published in 2004 on the occasion of Theo's
70th birthday. For details of this publication, click on the title.
On the occasion of his being awarded the American Numismatic Society's Saltus
Award for 2005, an article about Theo and his work by Robert W. Hoge appeared
on page 49 of the Winter 2005 issue of the ANS Magazine.
The Spring 2005 issue of The Medal carried large photographs of Theo's BAMS medal on the front and back cover.
De Beeldenaar, bi-monthly magazine for numismatics and medallic art in The Netherlands, devoted a large portion of its last issue for 2003 to Theo and his medallic work. Hans de Koning contributed an introductory article, a complete inventory of Theo's medals, and a review of the above book .
The Medal, #35 Autumn 1999, p.69 featured an article about Theo by Marcy Leavitt Bourne. See also, by the same author, Church Building, #55,Jan/Feb 1999, p39ff.
A booklet about the bronze doors of Utrecht Dom Cathedral
is available in the Dom bookshop.
Links to sites about medal art:
Dutch Art Medal
Society .
Medal-Art.net
E-MAIL
In order to contact Theo van de Vathorst , send your email to
