Wim Heldens Painter
@wimheldens
Realist painter based in Amsterdam NL Winner BP Portrait Award NPG London 2011, ModPortrait 2021 Barcelona
"Twin towers", oil on canvas , 40 x 45 cm, private collection NL #twintowers #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #portraitpainting
"School", oil on canvas, 125 x 165 cm, 2016, oil on canvas #figurativeart #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #childreninart #dutchrealism
"The Collectors", oil on canvas, 2017, collection NPG London ( but always in storage) #dutchrealism #figurativeart #paintinghiddenfrompublic #narrativepainting #portraitpainting
"Weltschmerz", oil on canvas, private collection NL #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #portraitpainting
"Looking Up" , oil on canvas, 1990 , 40 x 45 cm , Private Collection NL #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #portraitpainting #contemporaryrealism
"Mo", 40 x 30 cm, oil on canvas 2025 #dutchrealism #portraitofafriend #allpeopleareequals #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart
"The Icing On The Cake", oil on canvas, 45 x 45 cm #dutchrealism #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart
"Thinking Of Holland", oil on Canvas, 2020 #thinkingofholland #dutchrealism #lovethyneighborlikeyouloveyourself #figurativeart #contemporaryrealism
"One Day I'll Fly Away", 40 x 45 cm, oil on canvas, private collection NL #dutchrealism #portraitofafriend #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #onedayI'llflyaway
"Lou and the Picasso", oil on canvas, 1998, Private Collection USA #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #portraitcommission
"H.R.H. King Taiwo" , 40 x 30 cm, oil on canvas, 2025 #dutchrealism #portraitofafriend #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #allpeopleareequals
"Ball Game", oil on canvas 2013, private collection USA #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism
"The Student" ( Samuel), 28 x 23 cm, 2026, oil on canvas , Private Collection The Netherlands #dutchrealism #figurativeart #allpeopleareequals #portraitofafriend #contemporaryrealism
"Comedy and Violence", oil on canvas 2025, 75 x 80 cm , Honorable Mention Almenara Collection Spain 2025 #almenaracollection #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #allpeopleareequals
"Tales From Uganda", close up, oil on canvas 2022 #dutchrealism #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #talesfromuganda
"Tattoo", oil on canvas, 2011, 160 x 135 cm #dutchrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #tattoo
"Sebastian", 130 x 130 cm, oil on canvas 1980 #earlypainting #figurativeart #dutchrealism #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism
"Homework", oil on canvas, 2011, 112 x 152 cm Private Collection NL #homework #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #dutchrealism
"The Coronation", oil on canvas 2026 #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #narrativepainting
"Diva", oil on canvas 80 x 70 cm, 2025, 3rd Prize FIKVA, in The Male Muse exhibition Gallery MooiMan Groningen NL #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #narrativepainting #dragqueensrule
"Herb and Danny", oil on canvas, private Collection USA #dutchrealism #figurativeart #portraitpainting #happypridemonth🌈 #contemporaryrealism
"Mannensmaak" ( A Man's taste") out of 1979, The painting was never returned to an art-loan centre, nobody knows where it is or if it even exists anymore. Queer stories have always been an important to me #gayrightsarehumanrights #lostpainting #allpeopleareequals #outloudandproud🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
"Tales From Uganda", oil on canvas, 2022, on display in Gallery MooiMan Groningen NL exhibition "The Male Muse" #narrativepainting #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #talesfromuganda #contemporaryrealism
"With Love From Musanje”, 60 X 70 cm, oil on canvas, currently in The Male Muse exhibition, Gallery MooiMan Groningen NL #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #happypridemonth🌈 #lovewins❤️
"Amsterdam 1275", oil on canvas 45 x 45 cm, 2024, currently in "The male Muse", Gallery MooiMan Groningen NL #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #themalemuse #narrativepainting
"Emeka", this is an oil painting ( this is an artwork, please do not censor). Currently in ModPortrait exhibition Barcelona #ModPortrait #dutchrealism #portraitofafriend #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart
"The Blue Boxer Short" ( the bottom part is cutoff, instagram does not let me show the whole painting) oil on canvas, currently in the exhibition "The Male Muse" in Gallery MooiMan Groningen NL #refugeesarewelcomehere #gayrightsarehumanrights #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #portraitpainting
"America”, 140 x 90 cm, 2012, oil on canvas #america #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism #figurativeart #portraitpainting
"Jajja", ( Grandmother), 45 x 45 cm, oil on canvas, First Prize ModPortrait 2021 Collection MEAM Barcelona #modportrait2021 #dutchrealism #refugeesarewelcomehere #narrativepainting #contemporaryrealism