Royal artist
Joop Polder was born in 1939 in The Hague, in The Netherlands. He has degrees from several art academies in Europe and has successfully worked as an artist for many years. Joop Polder gets his inspiration from architecture and from his own dreams. In fact, most of his paintings are the product of his dreams and represent the way he would like to see the world around us. Joop Polder’s paintings are restful and quiet, as a strong contrast to the stress of everyday life. His paintings are filled with trains and trams, for which he has a passion. You could even say that sometimes they behave like human beings. His enormous collection of antique small-scale models reflects this passion.
Joop Polder’s paintings are shown in a select number of galleries and have become part of important international public and private art collections, such as the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the private art collection of King Willem-Alexander and Princess Beatrix, and other members of the Dutch Royal family.
Art on commission: exclusively for clients of Art Gallery Voûte, Joop Polder can create a painting of your house, (royal) residence, custom-made. For more information about this art on commission, please contact Art Gallery Voûte.
EDUCATION:
Koninklijke Academie Den Haag (Royal Academy of Art in The Hague)
Academie van Schone Kunsten Brussels (Academy of Fine Arts Brussels)
Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris
EXHIBITIONS:
Dutch Art Exhibition in Qatar, 2025
Miami, Paris, Leysin (Switzerland), Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha (Qatar), Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Marbella, Ibiza, London, Marseille and San Francisco.
PUBLICATIONS:
Ad Magazine
Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
RKD Research. Platform for art historical research
COLLECTIONS:
- Private collection King Willem-Alexander, Willem of the Netherlands
- Private collection Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
- Stichting Historische Verzamelingen van het Huis Oranje-Nassau, Den Haag (Foundation Historic Collections House of Orange-Nassau, Royal House of The Netherlands, The Hague)
- Koninklijke Verzamelingen, The Hague (The Royal Collections of the Netherlands)
- ING Bank
- Haags Gemeentearchief (The Hague Municipal Archives)
- Collection Van Ketwich Verschuur
- Many private art collections world wide
For further information contact Art Gallery Voûte, tel +316 51922582 (Edwin Voûte)
