"Painter of Consensusism"

"His paintings evoke great emotional and mystical feelings"

"Ton Schulten composes idealistic landscapes of exceptional luminosity"

"Ton Schulten creates works which do not imitate reality, but, rather, depict a vision of a world of peaceful happiness"

Ton Schulten
Biography

Ton Schulten

Having its roots in the Netherlands, Artemis Global Art is featuring the famous Dutch Painter Ton Schulten. There will be a permanent year round exhibition of his works in the Gallery in Woodstock as he granted Artemis Global Art the exclusivity for exhibiting his works in the USA.

Penetrating Ton Schulten’s visual world means peering into the soul and dreams of an unusual individual. He is a painter whose work is characterized by paradisiac, mosaic-like landscapes – typically atmospheric impressions of his native Twente, a region of the Netherlands – landscapes which bespeak a mystical longing for light and a quest for strength and harmony within the dimension of colour.

In a manner all his own, Schulten creates a new and poetic reality revealing both a lust for life and a hope for eternal happiness. The inner tranquility of Ton Schulten’s visions of a world of sublime peacefulness and happiness – a tranquility reflecting a cheerful gratitude toward life itself – contrasts radically with the hectic pace of contemporary life.

Ton Schulten’s art is characterized by luminous colours and the principle of simplification. With these paintings of his own unique world, he inspires while also conveying his positive approach to life.

1938 Born on April 25^th in Ootmarsum, the Netherlands.
1944 Primary and secondary education in Ootmarsum, followed by vocational training for window dressing. His creativity is already evident, as he loves to draw and tinker.
1954 Seminary in Oudenbosch where he realizes he wants to pursue a more artistic path. He is hired by the department store, Vroom & Dreesmann, as a window dresser.
1956 Begins attending evening classes at The Academy of Art and Industry (AKI).
1959 First exhibition of his drawings and watercolours at the V&D cafeteria.
1961 Starts working at a leading advertising agency De Zuil in Enschende. Ton enjoys the advertising work, but also continues to draw and paint in his free time.
1962 Graduates cum laude from AKI with a degree in graphic design and styling.
1965 Marries Ank Lammerink.
1976 Ton starts his own advertising and design studio in Ootmarsum with wife, Ank. He continues to paint and make collages from recycled materials.
1983 Jan Okkinga becomes a partner in the business, which becomes Schulten & Okkinga. Due to their success, Ton cannot find enough time to paint.
1989 Ton leaves S&O to focus on his painting, mostly abstract pictures with geometric shapes. His later works are dominated by floral motifs.
1990 Ton and his wife open their first art gallery called, Galerie Kerkplein in Ootmarsum. It features a permanent exhibition of Ton’s work and rotating exhibits by other artists.
1991 In January, he has his first foreign exhibition in Florence, Italy. While on vacation in Tenerife, Ton and Ank are seriously injured in a car accident. His experience of emerging from a coma serves as inspiration to his evolving style.
1992 The landscape of his native Twente becomes Ton’s inspiration. His work becomes more figurative, while not duplicating the countryside he sees. His large canvases show a mosaic of fields and forests and imagined villages and houses.
1993 Their gallery is moved and renamed Chez-Moi Ton Schulten Galerie International.
1994 In subsequent years, exhibitions of his work are held in Magdeburg, Dusseldorf, Bocholt, Oberhausen in Germany, Amsterdam, Florence and St. Paul, Minnesota, Atlanta, Georgia.
1997 The Ton Schulten Museum is opened in Ootmarsum. His first art book is published and a documentary about his life is released.
2000 A meditation book, When the Day Breaks, is published with theologian, Jurjen Beumer. An exhibition is held at The Artist’s House in Jerusalem. Ton and Ank journey to Australia and fall under the spell of the colors ‘down under’.
2002 Ton is awarded a medal of Knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau. A book, The Promised Land, is published with local writer and poet, Willem Wilmink.
2003 Additional exhibitions are held in Atlanta, Georgia, Santa Monica, California, and Belgium.
2004 A German art critic dubs his unique style of painting, Consensusism, which is the visualization of the feeling of harmony, peace, and consensus. An exhibition titled, “Peace and Harmony” is held in Berlin, Germany.
2005 The Ton Schulten Foundation is established to safeguard their legacy into the future.
2006 Publication of the book, Live Your Passion, by Ford Nederland.
2007 A variety of red tulip is named for Ank Schulten in honor of her 65^th birthday.
2008 Publication of two books with paintings by Ton Schulten and poems by Jannie Schoenmakers.
2009 His exhibition at the Keukenhof, The Netherlands is opened by Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix.
2010 Schoonhoven Ceramics produces signed, limited edition dishes featuring Ton’s paintings.
2011 A sequel to The Promised Land (2002), titled Silent Strength, is published. A variety of pink dahlia is named in honor of Ton Schulten.
2012 Construction of the new Ton Schulten Museum begins. The German company, Koningliche Tettau, produces a line of porcelain dishes featuring Ton Schulten’s paintings of the four seasons.
2013 On April 25^th, Ton’s 75^th birthday, the new Ton Schulten Museum opens.
2014 Ton is featured exclusively in the USA with Artemis Global Art LLC in Woodstock, VT.

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Ton Schulten creates works which do not imitate reality, but, rather, depict a vision of a world of peaceful happiness.

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In harmony with nature, 'composed dreams' gradually emerge from the darkness of night into reality.

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Ton Schulten composes idealistic landscapes of exceptional luminosity.

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His paintings evoke great emotional and mystical feelings.

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Paintings with influences of cubism, depicting forests, moors and maize fields with imaginative villages and towns.

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Painter of 'Consensusism'