My painting was selected for this nice book, with a lot of contemporary portrait art:
I had a nice talk with Anneke Oele in my atelier. About the works I made and several other things. It is a sort of introduction or compact showcase of artist working in this region in the city of Groningen.
I am lucky working in an old building from about 1905.
You may read it here -if you can read Dutch that is-
Bas
- expo: Blue at gallery Paterswolde
- expo: Groninger Notities at gallery Ruigewaert (Corsican Pig can be seen there)
- Link to interview Artmoire

Corsican Pig, oil on altpanel. Bas Nijenhuis 2020
I have made a specific page for painting on FB, follow me if you want to be kept updated! Thanks, Bas
You can visit it here:
This painting was on display in London. It is a fairly small square painting (or diamond) of a lady in red oilpaint. about 40×40 cm in gold frame.
The interviewed the participants and this can be found here. There are two parts to be found. My part is at the bottom of part 1.
Yesterday was the sixth episode of ‘ Sterren op het doek ‘ a Dutch television show. A famous person (unknown) to the painters upfront is depicted bij three artists.
The quest: Maarten van Rossem, chose my painting! The other two are being auctioned for charity.
This painting -oil on linen- measures 120 cm x 60 cm.
I am allowed to paint in directly from an original from Mancini, ‘Lo Studio’. This Wednesday and the week thereafter live to be seen in the museum! This is awesome.
Drents Museum Assen
Bij grote musea zoals het Louvre in Parijs is het een bekend fenomeen: kunstenaars die het werk van grote meesters kopiëren in de museumzaal.
In deze traditie ontvingen wij gisteren kunstenaar Bas Nijenhuis om zijn favoriete werk van Antonio Mancini na te schilderen.
Na zijn bezoek aan #Sprezzatura, vroeg Bas of hij in de zaal mocht schilderen. Het grote voordeel van schilderen in het museum, is dat je het werk zo veel beter ziet dan op een afbeelding.
Gisteren is Bas begonnen aan zijn werk – zonder publiek. Op 18 en 25 september is hij er weer en dan mogen bezoekers meekijken.
Na afloop vertelde hij RTV Drenthe hierover. Luister het na op: https://bit.ly/2kohvOT
of vanaf 46′ 40” hier.