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Robert van Eyck | |
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| Born | May 3, 1916 |
| Died | December 19, 1991 (aged 75) |
Robert Floris van Eyck ('s-Gravenhage, 3 May 1916 — Ashford, 19 December 1991) was a Dutch-British poet, sculptor, painter and art restorer.
Biography
Van Eyck was a son of the Dutch poet and professor Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck (1887-1954) and Nelly Benjamins (1891-1971). He is a brother of the architect Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999). He spent part of his youth in London, where his father was a correspondent for the NRC between 1920 and 1935. In 1941 and 1944, two of his English poetry collections were published by the publisher [[A.A.M.], who was a friend of his father. Stols]]. He was also a sculptor, painter and restorer. He married Princess Christina of Hesse (1933-2011), daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901-1943) and Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark in his then hometown of London in 1962. (1914-2001); A daughter and a son were born from this marriage, which dissolved in 1986. Through his marriage he became the brother-in-law of Prince Karl of Hesse (1937) who married a stepdaughter of the Dutch diplomat Mr. Godert Willem Baron de Vos van Steenwijk (1895-1940). Van Eyck died in Ashford at the age of 75.
Bibliography
- Endless interval. Poems. Rijswijk, 1941.
- Perpetual treason. Poems. Sidcot, 1939 [= The Hague, 1944].
- Catalogue of an exhibit. of paintings, Nov. 22-Dec. 19, 1962. Brook Street Gallery, London. London, 1962.
- An endless episode. London, 1965.
References
See also
- Robert van Eyck at rkd.nl
- PiCarta (for publications).
- Geneaologisches Handbuch des Adels 155 (2014), p. 37-38 (Hesse).