Albert Dolmans (20 November 1928 – 6 September 2021) was a Dutch-American painter. He began his career in the sixties becoming part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and the Society of Western Artists.
Biography Albert Dolmans was born in Breda, Netherlands on 20 November 1928,"Albert Dolmans vier uur in het turfschip", Dagblad de Stem (Breda), February 8, 1974, p.3 and "One Man Show", Sacramento Union, 21 September 1974 but emigrated with his parents and grew up in Berkeley, California. He was awarded a scholarship to the California College of Arts and Crafts now the California College of the Arts in Oakland,"Artist Albert Dolmans at League Benefit", Sonoma Tribune (CA), October 8, 1975, and "Albert Dolmans Exhibits", Contra Costa Times (CA), November 9, 1972, p.31 studying under George Post, Karl BaumannLauri Hoffman, The Life and Art of Karl Baumann, available on http://www.tfaoi.com/distingu/karl.htm , sourced 28 August 2014 and Otis Oldfield."Otis Oldfield, the innovative fine artist", available on http://otisoldfield.net/biography/ , sourced 7/23/2017Maggie Crumb, "The Arts: Albert Dolmans holds show", Contra Costa Times (CA), November 4, 1971 He has devoted himself to an international career in fine art, dividing his time mainly between Europe and the United States.Albert Dolmans (G+ Profile) available on https://plus.google.com/+albertdolmans/photos , sourced 18 June 2015. Apart from his pen and ink work, his preferred mediums are oil, watercolor and pastel."De Amerikaanse Nederlander", Elsevier Magazine, Netherlands, 5 November 1977, p.195
Dolmans' paintings have been said to be mainly divided in two groups: warm paintings with a lot of ochre and purple in California, as opposed to cool, controlled, fresh-colored green and blue paintings for the Netherlands.Leo van Heijningen, Kunstzaal Van Heijningen, The XPat Journal , Summer Issue, June 2015, pp.5, 46-47. His work has been exhibited internationally,"Western Artist Exhibits Here", Bay City Times (Michigan) September 24, 1972 becoming part of both private and municipal collections. His paintings were included in three major exhibits."Expositie van Nederlandse Amerikaan in Prinsenbeek", Dagblad de Stem (Breda), 2 November 1982, p.5 The first in The Hague in 1976 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States, the second in 1982, celebrating 200 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Netherlands, and later the same year in San Francisco, a special exhibit marking the official visit of the Queen of the Netherlands to that city.Albert Dolmans, "Painting is my life", Autobiography, Zutphen: CPI Koninklijke Wöhrmann , 2013, pp.140Dagblad de Stem, Vrij Uit – "Kunst Kris Kras: Albert Dolmans", ? May 1974, p.8. Additionally, his paintings make part of the permanent collections of the US Embassy in The Hague, the Stedelijk Museum in Breda, the Netherlands , and the Museum of St Paul de Vence, France.
Dolmans died in Hillegersberg, Rotterdam on September 6, 2021, at the age of 92. Following his passing, his name and legacy were commemorated through the opening of the Albert Dolmans Art Academy at the Nord Anglia International School Rotterdam (NAISR), established via a final bequest from the Gordon Foundation. The academy was created to support and inspire young artistic talent in the locality.
References Elsevier (Magazine), "Albert Dolmans: American 'Brabander'", May 1980. Albert Dolmans (2013) Painting is my life (Autobiography), Zutphen: CPI Koninklijke Wöhrmann, , pp. 140. Albert Dolmans (2015) My Drawings, Zutphen: CPI Koninklijke Wöhrmann, . pp. 113. Society of Western Artists, "23rd Annual Exhibition of Art", M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (CA), April 1964. Contra Costa Times (CA), "Living Arts: Albert Dolmans", April 29, 1973, p. 12. "Tentoonstelling Albert Dolmans", Het Stadsblad voor West-Brabant, 5 February 1975, p. 4. Albert Dolmans, Profile & Profile Images sourced 18 June 2015. Leo van Heijningen, Albert Dolmans bij Kunstzaal van Heijningen in Den Haag, text available on ISSUU, sourced 6 June 2015
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