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Dutch painter and photographer (1957–2024)

Peter Klashorst
Klashorst in a self-portrait
Born	Peter van de Klashorst(1957-02-11)11 February 1957Santpoort, Netherlands
Died	11 September 2024(2024-09-11) (aged 67)Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Peter Klashorst (born Peter van de Klashorst, pronounced [ˈpeːtər vɑn də ˈklɑsɦɔrst]; 11 February 1957 – 11 September 2024) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer.

Klashorst was based in the Tabakspanden on the Spuistraat in Amsterdam,[1] although he also produced works in cities such as Bangkok, Mombasa, and Phnom Penh.

In 2011 he did one of his last self organised shows at the Tuol Sleng, S21 the former Khmer Rouge prison (Cambodia), in honour of the victims of the Khmer Rouge’s terror and genocide that took place from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia. Klashorst created an impressive and sometimes very confronting set of around 50 paintings. The show got world wide attention (The New York Times and Herald Tribune).[2]

Klashorst died of lymphoma in Amsterdam, on 11 September 2024, at the age of 67; at the time of his death he had been suffering from HIV for several years.[3]

1982 Johan en Titia Buning-Brongers Prize
1983 Royal Prize for Free Painting (Netherlands)

Work by Peter Klashorst

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Delicious female buttocks
Double face, Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler
(in Dutch) Steef Davidson, red., Peter Klashorst, tekeningen: Poëzie explosie : 23-5, 30-5, 6-6 1979, Amsterdam, 1979
(in Dutch) Peter Klashorst; samenst. Timo van der Eng, Theo van der Hoeven; red.: Marleen Buddemeijer: Schilderen met acryl, Utrecht, 1997, ISBN 90-6533-435-1
(in Dutch) Mieke Rijnders, Geurt Imanse: Over schilderkunst; Pieter Holstein, René Daniels, Peter Klashorst, 1983.
(in Dutch) Paul Groot et al.: After nature, Amsterdam, 1989, catalogus uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstellingen van Bart Domburg, Jurriaan van Hall en Peter Klashorst in de galerieën Jurka, Hans Gieles en Torch te Amsterdam.
(in Dutch) Robert Vuijsje: King Klashorst, Amsterdam, 2005, ISBN 90-5000-428-8
(in Dutch) Peter Klashorst: Castles in the Air, Bangkok, 2010, ISBN 978-94-90956-01-1
(in Dutch) Peter Klashorst: Kunstkannibaal, 2012, ISBN 978-90-44617917

^ Leeuwen, Rob van (25 March 2015). "Een kleine geschiedenis van de Tabakspanden aan de Spuistraat". Het Parool (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019. In de panden woonden door de jaren heen niet alleen krakers. Zo huurde kunstenaar Peter Klashorst er een woonruimte en heeft hij er zijn galerie Cash & Carry zitten.
^ "The Walking Dead". International Herald Tribune. 23 April 2011 – via The New York Times.
^ "Kunstenaar Peter Klashorst (67) overleden | Cultuur | Telegraaf.nl". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.