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He exhibited until the seventies in galleries and museums, but then chose to live as a hermit.
He exhibited until the seventies in galleries and museums, but then chose to live as a hermit.
Van der Horst painted people, animals and landscapes in an expressionist style. Besides oil paintings he made etchings, drawings, gouaches, sculptures and stained glass. He died in October 2003 at the age of 82 in Arnhem.
1954 - Gemeentemuseum Arnhem - retrospective-exhibition
1962 - The Arnhem Gallery, Croydon (Great Britain) - 6 Arnhem Painters (Wim Gerritsen, Klaas Gubbels, January Homan, Theo van der Horst, Johan Mekkink, Fred Sieger)
1963 - Museum Marburg (Doctorate)
1965 - CODA (Apeldoorn)|Gemeentelijke Van Reekum Galerij, Apeldoorn - Hedendaagse kunst in Gelderland (Marius van Beek, Klaas Gubbels, Theo van der Horst, Ko Oosterkerk, Fred Sieger, Piet Slegers, Gerrit Veenhuizen, Toon Vijftigschild).
1967 - Theater München
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Dordrechts Museum
Group exhibitions at Berlin, Milan en Antwerp.