André van Beek was born in 1947, his father was Dutch and his French mother was a music teacher. Selftaught, post impressionist, André van Beek is an artist who loves painting the poetic, lovely landscapes of his native Picardy.

He excels in reproducing delicate colourful gardens of flowers, and his own garden, or that the poet Philéas Lebesgue.

He particulary enjoys capturing the early morning mist rising from shimmering ponds.

Trees and flowers lining the canals of the "Hortillonages" of Amiens are favorite subjects for him. Sometimes he will capture the peace of the Seine riverbanks of the calm of one of the small villages in Saint Michael's bay.

His style of painting is made up of superimposed or juxtaposed colour strokes revealing the light. Sensitive to the changing seasons, André van Beek reflects the subtleties of Nature beauty. His works are know all over the world, especially in the United States and in Japan. He exhibits his painting in a Paris gallery.