Ronald Terpstra - boerenhoeve (Villa Nova) te Albufeira (Portugal) - Sold

Ronald Terpstra, born in Amsterdam in 1948, came into contact with the Amsterdam painter Jan Korthals at the age of fifteen, who greatly stimulated him. After graduating from gymnasium, he received his education at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, where he was taught by the painter Arie Kater, among others.

During his academy time he was awarded the Uriot Prize for painting and the Art Performance Prize of the Municipality of Amsterdam. He was also accepted as a member of the artists' associations “Arti et Amicitiae”, “the Independents” and “Sint-Lucas”, with which he has exhibited annually in the Stedelijk Museum since 1970. He also received advice from the well-known portrait painter Sierk Schröder.

Although primarily a portrait and figure painter, Terpstra is also fascinated by landscapes, flower still lifes and subjects from the world of music and the circus.
NB The place designation for this work has been provided (on request) by the painter himself.