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Thank you for being here! I’ve created this foundation in 2003 in order to shine a light on the Fine Arts of Drawing, Painting and Sculpting and to become a lighthouse for people who are gifted in these fields. Your help means everything to me. Thank you for considering making a donation, in any way possible! I appreciate it.
– Ramón van der Ven (founder, director)

Support the Vanderven Foundation

Your support is important to us. Our mission is too preserve and promote the classical arts of drawing, painting and sculpting in their broadest sense. With your donations we would like to realize; Space, Tools and Mentorship for upcoming artists and students who display exceptional artistic talent.

Our short-term goals are:

To promote the goals and spirit of the Vanderven Foundation by creating an Ambassador Portrait Gallery.

To promote the goals and spirit of the foundation through education by organizing workshops and lectures on the lives and techniques of the Old Masters.

Our long-term goals are:

An Artist-In-Residence program.

A Scolarship Grant.

An International Portrait Competition with an emphasis on technical excellence.

An institute that offers Space, Tools and Mentorship for the talented.

Ambassador Gallery

Become an Ambassador to the Vanderven Foundation and share your passion for the Fine Arts with us by having your portrait painted by the foundation’s founder and director, Ramón van der Ven. The experience will offer you a peak into the life and work of a contemporary artist and portraitist and will leave no stone unturned in satisfying your thirst for knowledge regarding traditional portraiture and the soul and spirit of the foundation.