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Paul Thek and Franz Deckwitz: An Artists’ Friendship


  • Boijmans van Beuningen
  • Boijmans Studies
  • by Roosmarijn Hompe, Adelheid Smit
In 1967 the 33-year-old American artist Paul Thek embarked on an extended stay in Europe. This represented a turning point in his career. The environments that he created between 1968 and 1973 in various European museums were made up of fantasy landscapes replete with symbolic meaning. The creative process, usually with the assistance of others, played a crucial role in these exhibitions. The Amsterdam-based artist Franz Deckwitz was one of those who assisted Thek but he was, above all, a loyal friend.

ISBN 9789069182841 | EN | PB
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Publisher Boijmans van Beuningen
ISBN 9789069182841
Author(s) by Roosmarijn Hompe, Adelheid Smit
Publication date December 2015
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 240 x 170 mm
Pages 156
Language(s) English ed.
Exhibition Boijmans Studies
Publisher ISBN 9789069182834 (NL)
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In 1967 the 33-year-old American artist Paul Thek embarked on an extended stay in Europe. This represented a turning point in his career. The environments that he created between 1968 and 1973 in various European museums were made up of fantasy landscapes replete with symbolic meaning. The creative process, usually with the assistance of others, played a crucial role in these exhibitions. The Amsterdam-based artist Franz Deckwitz was one of those who assisted Thek but he was, above all, a loyal friend.

Their friendship is documented in the Paul Thek archive that Deckwitz's family gave on permanent loan to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 2011. Comprising letters, photographs and other documents, it forms the basis of this Boijmans Study, which focuses on the friendship between the two artists and Thek's links with the Netherlands and Rotterdam.