Jos Aanraad

Jos Aanraad, born in 1945, is a Dutch still live painter of flowers, books, fruits and vegetables, and shells. He has also done paintings of animals, landscapes, portraits and nudes. He was a decorative house painter for years. In that period, he took drawing lessons and painting courses. He liked to draw and paint in his spare time. In 1987 the magazine ‘Tekenen en Schilderen’ (Drawing and Painting) published some drawings of Aanraad. In 1988 he was taught still live painting by Cornelis le Mair, who influenced his work a lot. He learned to use a 17th century colour palette and used this in his own style. From 1992 on Aanraad works full-time as an art painter in his studio.