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From tomorrow through Sunday, this vibrant watercolor by Renée Stotijn is on display at the most beautiful art fair of the year, set in the open air. And if you happen to fall in love with it, you're in luck! 🍀 This painting is also available for purchase 💎 We'd love to see you at the stand of Babette Claassen Fine Art.
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A labour of love, a source of income, or a heavy burden? Daughters Esmee and Zaphira Bor spoke about it with Phil van Tongeren, who beautifully captured the conversation about the bizarre yet wondrous legacy of Renée Stotijn 💕
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This year, the fair is themed ‘NAARDEN turns BLUE’ — an ode to a timeless color. Like a common thread running through art history, blue continually reappears: versatile, recognizable, and mysterious. Renée often drew inspiration from the color. For this occasion, a compelling painting has been curated, rich in shades of blue. Will you visit Naarden the Art Fair? From January 22 to 25, 2026.
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We are excited to announce that our website has been completely refreshed with a modern design! Explore the new look and experience as you discover the beautiful artworks of Renée Stotijn ✨🎨
From 6 to 9 June 2025, a special selection of works by Renée Stotijn will be on display in the magnificent Slot Zeist.
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Art by Renée at Naarden the Art Fair 🌺🌸 From 23–26 January, you are very welcome to visit. The theme is “In Full Bloom”, for which we have curated a special selection of vibrant, floral works in collaboration with Babette Claassen Fine Art.
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In the podcast 'De Kunstkast van Pygmalion', Jaap Versteegh - founder and owner of Kunsthandel Pygmalion - speaks with Zaphira Bor about the discovery of the artworks of her mother, Renée Stotijn. Discover the personal story behind this remarkable find.
Renée Stotijn's artworks can be admired 25-28 January 2024 at the Art Fair Naarden! A selection of paintings, each with a special story ♥
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We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with Babette Claassen Art Services and greatly look forward to a successful and inspiring collaboration.
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In an interview with Chang Cheung for the Chinese television, Esmee and Zaphira Bor talk about the remarkable discovery of their mother Renée Stotijn’s artworks, which had been hidden for years in kitchen cabinets and false walls along the Weesperzijde in Amsterdam. The daughters share not only the story behind this discovery but also personal memories of their extraordinary mother’s life and work.
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In an interview with AT5, Zaphira and Esmee Bor talk about the remarkable discovery of their mother Renée Stotijn’s artworks, which had been hidden for years in kitchen cabinets and false walls along the Weesperzijde in Amsterdam. The daughters share not only the story behind this discovery but also personal memories of their extraordinary mother’s life and work.
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From 25 June to 29 September 2021, an exhibition will be on view focusing on the oeuvre of Renée Stotijn and the discovery of her artworks. Download the exhibition flyer here.
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Esmee and Zaphira Bor were interviewed by Koen Kleijn for an article about the remarkable discovery. Hundreds of drawings and paintings by Renée Stotijn were found in hidden places in their parents' house.
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While clearing out their late mother’s home, sisters Esmee and Zaphira Bor make an extraordinary discovery: thousands of artworks hidden behind walls and ceilings.
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In the summer of 2020, Esmee and Zaphira Bor were busy clearing out the house of their recently deceased mother, Renée Stotijn. After months of work, her daughters discovered hidden cupboards and double ceilings in the kitchen, where they found countless artworks created by their mother. Read the full article for Z! in the PDF.
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In June 2020, painter Renée Stotijn, a member of De Kring, passed away. A conversation with her daughters Esmee and Zaphira about how they discovered their mother's unknown oeuvre. And about De Kring.
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While clearing out their parental home on the Weesperzijde, the two daughters of Renée Stotijn discovered hundreds of hidden artworks and drawings. In the AT5 programme De Straten van Amsterdam, they showed how the art had been concealed in secret cupboards and a false ceiling. A staff member of the Beurs van Berlage saw the broadcast and immediately wanted to organise an exhibition.
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While clearing out their parents' house after the death of their mother, artist Renée Stotijn, daughters Esmee and Zaphira Bor stumbled upon hundreds of drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings in a double ceiling. Tomorrow, the exhibition “Renée Stotijn – Hidden Art Revealed” opens at the Beurs van Berlage.
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Daughters Esmee and Zaphira Bor discover hidden works by artist Renée Stotijn: “The world needs to see this.”
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Hidden between double ceilings, in hallway cupboards and other corners of a house on the Weesperzijde: daughters Esmee Bor and Zaphira Bor of the artist Renée Stotijn unexpectedly discovered, while clearing out her home after her death, “perhaps as many as two thousand artworks by our mother.””
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It was quite a shock when sisters Zaphira and Esmee Bor cleared out the home of their late mother. From behind double walls and locked cupboards, an enormous quantity of artworks created by their mother came to light. One year later, the Beurs van Berlage opens the exhibition Renée Stotijn – Hidden Art Revealed.
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From November 2020, a selection of Renée Stotijn’s works is presented in the exhibition MATER at MADS Milano in Milan.
New article about the discovery of Renée Stotijns art in Articula - magazine of Amsterdam artist association 'Arti et Amicitiae'
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