Background
Dick Stapel was born in The Hague, where his father Frits Stapel (1910-1987) worked as sculptor.
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Education
He graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 1965-1966. In that year he and Kees Verschuren were the only two students, that finished the full-time program in Visual Arts.
Career
Known by his portraits mounted on large format, painted with a light touch. In the 1970s he became known as portrait artist. At an 1980 exhibition at the Pulchri Studio he surprised the audience by presenting a series of still lifes, which had actually been his first love.
Late 1970s he and January Goeting (1918-1984) were selected to portrait Princess Christina, Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene and Princess Margriet.
In the context of the National Gift they were presented to Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in November 1979. Also, many fellow artists were portrayed by him, as well as actors, directors and other artists from the world of performing arts
Achievements
Membership
After graduation Stapel settled as independent artist and became member of the Haagse Kunstkring and of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague in 1968. Over the years among others, he portrayed, members of the royal family. Business executives, ministers and politicians, mayors and Queen"s Commissioners.
