Eleonora Stol
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About
About Stol (1946-2022)
As a fiery woman, Eleonora Stol always stood for expressing her true colours as an empowered artist. Though she rarely described her art in words - her art spoke for itself. As a pioneering paintress, she was among the first of her kind; boldly expressing bright colors and raw, instinctive forms.
Dancing around her canvas, she would caress and strike it with her magical brush, capturing movement, emotion and energy. Stol saw the hidden beauty of life in bright colors, where others were experimenting with 50 shades of grey. To her, life was a celebration.
She even wished for her relatives and friends to dance at her funeral. And so they did. From above, she smiles - proud of the legacy she left behind, now here for the world to enjoy.
Artistic journey
To encounter the work of Eleonora Stol, is to stand before an unexplicable miracle of life. Her canvases don’t merely exist - they breathe. Stol was never a follower of trends or schools; she was an instinctive creator, moved by passion and inspiration that refused to be tamed.
Stol's creations defied categorization. Her work was not something she painted - it was something she lived through. Where others sought form and control, Stol moved freely, often literally dancing around the canvas, allowing her brush to strike, caress and respond to the pulse of the moment.
There is a primal honesty in her compositions - as though it bypassed the intellect and went straight into pigment. Her paintings are not declarations, but invitations: into joy, into chaos, into the subtle, vibrating spaces that exist behind the surface of daily life.
Stol often remarked that life is a celebration. That ethos radiates through her work. Even in its wildest abstractions, there is tenderness - a belief of beauty, in movement, in the unseen.
Today Stol’s legacy stands as a testament to the power of living - and painting - unapologetically. She leaves behind not just a body of work, but a vision: of art as an instinct, of colour as the truth, of life as something to be fully, fiercely felt.
Mission
Eleonora Stol painted to bring colors in the lives of people. She wanted to touch hearts with her art and uplift. Telling visual stories about tango, empowered women, romanticism and love.
Vision
Eleonora wanted her art to be spread all over the world to uplift and bring colour into homes, musea, events and exhibitions. After Stol passed away, her daughter and grandson brought life to this vision. Intending to share Stol's art with the people that feel touched and appreciate it fully.
Education
1980-1987 Free academy in The Hague - Experimental arts
1990-1993 Lecturer of Visual Arts at the University of Technology, Delft The Netherlands
Exhibitions
2021 Solo-Exhibition, Artzaanstad, Zaandam
2020 Extravaganza, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2019 Lockdown Shows Part #1: Eleonora Stol, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2017 De grote Fleur & Wouter show, Amsterdam
2014 Elan, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2013 Exhibition Italy
2012 Galleria Bell’Italia, Roma, Poli d’Arte, Inaugurazione, Prof Luca Filipponi
2011 Rome Triomphale, Galleria Bell’Italia
2011 Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209 Venezia, Abbraccando la Vita con grande passione. Circolo Artisticoo di Venezia abril / maggio 2011 exhibition.
2010 Apothoki Gallery, installation 12m. x 12m., painting made in the Gallery during the exhibition.
2009 Tales of Happiness with curator Marco Antonio Teobaldo Loods 6 Bagagehal Amsterdam
2009 Apothiki Gallery Paros Sweet memories
2008 Art Angels Singel Amsterdam The Netherlands
2007 Art-Base Brussels in co-operation with Apothiki Gallery Paros
2006 CJK Gent
2004 Exhibition The Netherlands Institute Athens Greece
2003 Apothiki Gallery Paros Opening Gallery with 20 works
2003 Gallery De Meerse Hoofddorp The Netherlands *
2002 Art Angels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *
2001 Experimental period, Exhibitions at Amsterdam studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Experimental
2021 Solo-Exhibition, Artzaanstad, Zaandam
2020 Extravaganza, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2019 Lockdown Shows Part #1: Eleonora Stol, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2017 De grote Fleur & Wouter show, Amsterdam
2014 Elan, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2013 Exhibition Italy
2012 Galleria Bell’Italia, Roma, Poli d’Arte, Inaugurazione, Prof Luca Filipponi
2011 Rome Triomphale, Galleria Bell’Italia
2011 Palazzo delle Prigioni, Castello 4209 Venezia, Abbraccando la Vita con grande passione. Circolo Artisticoo di Venezia abril / maggio 2011 exhibition.
2010 Apothoki Gallery, installation 12m. x 12m., painting made in the Gallery during the exhibition.
2009 Tales of Happiness with curator Marco Antonio Teobaldo Loods 6 Bagagehal Amsterdam
2009 Apothiki Gallery Paros Sweet memories
2008 Art Angels Singel Amsterdam The Netherlands
2007 Art-Base Brussels in co-operation with Apothiki Gallery Paros
2006 CJK Gent
2004 Exhibition The Netherlands Institute Athens Greece
2003 Apothiki Gallery Paros Opening Gallery with 20 works
2003 Gallery De Meerse Hoofddorp The Netherlands *
2002 Art Angels, Amsterdam, The Netherlands *
2001 Experimental period, Exhibitions at Amsterdam studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Experimental period, Exhibitions at Amsterdam studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1999 Art Manifestation LOODS 6, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Gallery Den Brieder, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tango Festival “Cuimbre del Tango” Lisboa, Portugal *
1998 Art Manifestation Eleonora Stol (paintings), Anton Martineau, (poetry) and Juan Carlos Tazjes (performer) Venray, The Netherlands
1997 Artwork Loods, Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands
1995-2005 Ero Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1995 BAC Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Art Exhibition Tour in Co-operation with Andrea Kavallerous (Athens) and Michael Lawrence (San Fransisco), Athens & Hydra, Greece
1985 Tango Manifestation in co-operation with Juan Carlos Tajes, performer, Granada Spain
1984 Artwork Tango Poems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands * 1986 Gallery Homage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1980-1997 Gallery La Triade Brussels, Belgium
Gallery Rotonde, Essen Germany
Annual Exhibitions in co-operation with Stroom, “De Haagse Salon” The Hague The Netherlands
period, Exhibitions at Amsterdam studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1999 Art Manifestation LOODS 6, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Gallery Den Brieder, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tango Festival “Cuimbre del Tango” Lisboa, Portugal *
1998 Art Manifestation Eleonora Stol (paintings), Anton Martineau, (poetry) and Juan Carlos Tazjes (performer) Venray, The Netherlands
1997 Artwork Loods, Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands
1995-2005 Ero Exhibition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1995 BAC Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Art Exhibition Tour in Co-operation with Andrea Kavallerous (Athens) and Michael Lawrence (San Fransisco), Athens & Hydra, Greece
1985 Tango Manifestation in co-operation with Juan Carlos Tajes, performer, Granada Spain
1984 Artwork Tango Poems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands * 1986 Gallery Homage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1980-1997 Gallery La Triade Brussels, Belgium
Gallery Rotonde, Essen Germany
Annual Exhibitions in co-operation with Stroom, “De Haagse Salon” The Hague The Netherlands