Bastiaan Mol

Bastiaan Mol(1954) is a Dutch artist/illustrator based in Rotterdam,Netherlands.He paints already all of his life.
His art-education ( illustration-design) he got at the Academy for Applied Arts, in Antwerp,Belgium.
Materials he works with are watercolours ,gouache, pen+ink, pastels, graphite and acryllics.Often all within one painting.

Subjects in his art are - for the largest part- the male figure (nude,semi-nude ,in various styles and materials. Sensual but not pornographic).Bastiaan is worldwide probably most known for his paintings of the MALE-figure. He mostly works from posing live models age 18-35 . Aspiring models ( 18-40 ,smooth /shaved body , slim,slightly muscled , good face) can send a message if they would like to pose
Animals (especially birds) , music-inspired portraits , fan-art ,etc

From 2013-2024 Bastiaan Mol painted 66 portraits of Portuguese fadosingers,so called "fadistas".Great friendships with the fadoscene grew through the years and a large part of the fado-portraits are on the walls in Lisbon already,while three are part of the main exhibition of the heritage museum of fadomaster Alfredo Marceneiro.
Bastiaan Mol was made a member of honor of this Associação Alfredo Marceneiro and received a document to thank him for his contribution to both the museum and the fadoscene in Portugal. see link: https://www.instagram.com/bastiaanmol_fado/

* Publications from 2015 untill recent are the Your Daily Male tear-off calender to which 45 international artists contributed. Included every year are 7 paintings by Bastiaan Mol.
* The American/German art-magazine JUTURNA ,specialized in the male in the arts ,included 8 pages of his art in their number 5 issue . Also in their 10th anniversary edition again 8 pages with his work were shown.

* March 2020 the -also German- Boner-Magazine published a 4-paged interview with Bastiaan Mol and in 2021 Spanish magazine Donovan showed two of his paintings.

Dutch national TV, NPO2 filmed a short documentary about specificly the male paintings of Bastiaan Mol .It was on Dutch TV October 2024.

March 2026 , 6 pages about his work plus extended interview are published in the Brazilian / int. artmagazine LOUVRE Unbound.
This interview can be read for free, via the link , starting at page 18 .
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/efe589402c.html



Dutch all male-gallery Mooiman in Groningen also sells his work and will eventually also send overseas.
See link for which works by Bastiaan Mol they have in store: https://www.mooi-man.nl/Mol_Bastiaan_06.html

Also find me on my other websites : www.bastiaanmol-maleart.nl , www.bastiaanmol.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/basmolart/