Hans Truijen

Hans Truijen (1928, Surabaya, Indonesia – 2005, Klimmen (Voerendaal), Limburg) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, glass painter, muralist, and monumental artist. He also created gouaches, mosaics, and stained-glass windows. When Hans was three years old, his family moved from Indonesia to the Netherlands, where they lived in Tilburg for two years. Hans then grew up in The Hague. From 1949 to 1955, he studied under Jos ten Horn and ThT Lau at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, where he graduated with honors. In 1957, he received a scholarship for freehand painting. In 1956, he was awarded a Gold Medal by Saint-Gobain.

Truijen created stained-glass windows for many churches (some in the Pop Art style). For the train stations in Heerlen and Voerendaal, he designed 80 windows, whose images refer to travel. Truijen lived and worked in Maastricht, The Hague, Meerssen, and Klimmen (1961–2005). His works are in the collections of the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht; the Gemeentemuseum in Roermond; and the Museum van Bommel van Dam in Venlo. In 1997, he was named a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his contribution to the art of painting.