Artist: William Verdult
Title: Love of Land
Year Created: 2001
Medium: Oil Paint
Height (inches): 25
Width (inches): 25
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.
Description of piece:
Verdult reflects his timeless talent through a beautiful, enriching oil seascape.
Artist bio:
William Verdult was a Dutch painter who referred to himself as the “Dutch Master.” Born on April 7, 1939 in Putte, Netherlands, Verdult has created a diverse body of work, including a series of Native American portraits, landscapes, and abstract paintings. About his work, the artist has said, “The boredom of painting a painting…We’ve done that for generations. I had to break away from that because it was boring.” He died on December 21, 2016 in Cathedral City, CA.
Though his exhibits and showings are too lengthy to list they include headliner exhibits and showings of the Tut Collection and other works at the Sahara, Sands, Sundance and Marina hotels in Las Vegas, as well as five star establishments in San Francisco, Corona Del Mar, and Beverly Hills Hollywood California, Atlanta, Hawaii, Florida and Texas. Today seven pieces of the Tut 53 piece jeweled collection is on display at the Tanglewood Resort in Texas. Though William did not follow the traditional museum route in displaying and promoting his works, his art followers and personal friends include a list of whose who in Hollywood highlighted by his close friendship with Telly Savalas. Some collectors of his work include: Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, Elvis Presley, Jack Lord, Farrah Fawcett, Telly Savalas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lee Majors, Alfred Hitchcock, Tom Jones, Kim Novak, Robert Redford, John Wayne, Red Skeleton, Dana Mark of 'Police Academy', Connie Francis, and Clint Eastwood. A true philanthropist he has donated money and many of his works to charity, state governments, educational centers and foundations. His work entitled Into The Battle Front hangs on Top of the Mountain Building in Stone Mountain Park, Georgia. The Make a Wish Foundation, the Governors of Georgia and Hawaii and numerous universities have thanked him for his generous donations to their causes and institutions.