Art & Music in Barga Testo italiano vedi sotto Wednesday 8 December is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. This festival marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Therefore a special evening will take place at Ristorante Alfonso in Barga, with a seasonal aperitivo, the unveiling of an impressive painting created by André Romijn (especially for this event) and an exclusive musical performance by soprano Marika van der Meer, baritone Bruno Caproni and pianist Julian Evans. […]
Exciting news for Barga, as local artist André Romijn will open a new Art Gallery in the former OXO Gallery at Via Borgo 28, 55051 Barga LU. The ongoing exposition at Ristorante Alfonso a Barga will continue as usual! More news will follow soon! Do you like to be informed about the exciting multi-cultural events The Portrait Painting Gallery will offer you from Spring 2022? Subscribe HERE for our free newsletter
Italian award for artist André Romijn ART NOW , an Palermo based Italian Art magazine, establishes the ‘Artista dell’Anno – Creatività, Palermo Artexpo 2020’ (Artist of the Year Award – Creativity, Palermo Artexpo). An award that will be dedicated every year to illustrious personalities from the world of art and culture, who thanks to their works have contributed, in the year 2020, to enrich the national artistic heritage. A great artistic event designed to offer the artist admitted to the […]
‘Still waiting’ is the title of this original work of art by the Dutch artist (living in Italy) André Romijn. This portrait wil be auctioned by CATAWIKI. This youg lady is waiting, but for what? The end of the pandemic? Waiting for her appointment? Waiting for…? The choice is yours. The technique used by the artist is based on an age-old technique of oil paint and beeswax (on paper, glued to a wood panel). This technique creates an interesting […]
This video shows a sample of figurative artist André Romijn’s original artwork as featured on this website.
Beatrice, the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri This is an original artwork by André Romijn. Portrait in oil and cold wax of Beatrice, the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri. The ‘father’ of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265. His most famous poem, ‘The Divine Comedy’, is one of the greatest works of world literature. His vision about the afterlife was an inspiration to the art world for centuries to go. Dante died and was buried […]