Anton Corbijn and Iggy Painting Toddler T-Shirt

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Realistic painting in acrylic of the Dutch photographer, graphic designer and feature film director Anton Corbijn along with one of his works; a photograph of Iggy Pop, painted by artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 90 x 120 cm and available for purchase.

Anton Corbijn, born Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Strijen, May 20, 1955), is a Dutch photographer, graphic designer and feature film director.

As a photographer, he became known for his photographs of mostly rock musicians and other artists. As a graphic designer, he does the art direction and direction for video clips and designs sets for pop concerts by Depeche Mode, among others. As a director of feature films, he received several awards.

For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique. At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: "get autodidact, be a self-taught person!" Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time...