Dutch painter whose bright colours and swirling brushwork, as in 《向日葵》 and 《星空》, make him one of the best-known Western artists in China, though he sold almost nothing while he lived.
The 梵 of his name is the character of 梵文 'Sanskrit', and it also spells the Va- of 梵蒂冈 'Vatican'. In Shenzhen's 大芬村, a village of copy painters, artists turn out dozens of replicas of masters like him every day for export.
