Tony van hasselt biography for kids

On January 20, 2022, my father Tony van Hasselt died after a struggle with cancer, with his wife Jan and other family members with him. This website is my way of keeping his legacy of painting and painting workshops alive.

Tony van hasselt biography for kids

By keeping the name “van Hasselt Workshops”, I hope to encourage his friends far and wide to share their memories of painting and traveling with my father. My father was pleased to be an artist but thought of himself as an art teacher, more than anything else.

His obituary, below, is just a sketch of his extraordinary life.
– Chris van Hasselt

Watercolor artist Joseph “Tony” van Hasselt, 84,  died at home on January 20^th following a difficult battle with cancer.

A prolific painter, Tony left behind a voluminous body of paintings, but his proudest legacy would be the thousands of artists, his students, who learned at his side.

Born in Beverwijk, Holland in 1937, Tony spent his formative years in Alkmaar, raised by his