Rudolf Bikkers

Career

In 1960 at the age of 17, he was the youngest student to be admitted to the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht on a six-year scholarship and graduated with honours in 1966. He studied the cello with Bob Reuling for two years, followed by four years with Chrétien Bonfrère at the Conservatorium of Maastricht. In the summer of 1966 he emigrated to Canada. in 2000 and received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. Art Gallery of Hamilton, and elsewhere.

Among his fundraising initiatives was in 2000 the AIDS (Artists International Direct Support) Portfolio for Sub-Saharan children affected by HIV/AIDS and in 2002 the RCA/EPSON Painters Portfolio.

Rudolf Bikkers and his wife Thera had a son and a daughter, all living in Toronto.

Death Bikkers died on February 6, 2023, after undergoing a medically assisted death, following Parkinson's disease.