Ilse D'Hollander

About Ilse D'hollander

Ilse D’Hollander studied art in Antwerp and Ghent. The influence of French painter Nicolas de Staël can still be discerned in her early work, as evidenced by several large gouaches in which greens and reds dominate. Impressions she absorbed on long walks would provide material for her paintings, which can be seen as after- images of her wanderings. The abstract images record her memories of the rolling hills, the still water of the canal, the fruit trees in the orchard. Sketchy, incomplete, not entirely accurate and with few details – just like memories themselves.

Her work can be found in collections such as FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), Museum M (Leuven), Museum Dhondt Dhaenes (Sint-Martens-Latem),and M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art (Antwerp).

Born in Sint-Niklaas in 1968, passed away in 1997.