About the artist
Hans Hovy was born in 1953 in Amsterdam. Here he also studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming from 1977-1981. He later trained at Ateliers ’63 in Haarlem from 1981-1983 and is also a qualified furniture-maker. He has worked for several years as a furniture restorer at the Amsterdam Historical Museum. In his earlier work, Hovy has worked in wood, bronze and cast iron whereby giving... Read more
Hans Hovy was born in 1953 in Amsterdam.
Here he also studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming from 1977-1981. He later trained at Ateliers ’63 in Haarlem from 1981-1983 and is also a qualified furniture-maker. He has worked for several years as a furniture restorer at the Amsterdam Historical Museum.
In his earlier work, Hovy has worked in wood, bronze and cast iron whereby giving his pieces a cuddly look even using those materials.
