Lydia Habers-Canclaux

I've been creative since childhood. From a young age, I started drawing, writing little stories, and making dresses for my dolls. I inherited my creativity from my mother, who was a renowned haute couture seamstress.
I've always drawn.
After my studies, I went to work in Paris where I met my husband in 1976, a Dutchman. It was love at first sight and I went to live in the Netherlands. After my studies, I went to work in Paris where I met my husband in 1976; he is Dutch.
It was love at first sight, and I moved to the Netherlands. After work, I devoted my free time to painting, particularly realistic and surrealist paintings.
I wanted to improve my style and technique in the art of painting. I took lessons, learned from other artist:
In 1979-1980, I took courses at the "Artibus" Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht.
From 2012-2014 I took classes with the artist Miriam Wijs.
September 2018/ October 2019 I painted at Leone Tonkins's place, she had worked as a restorer at the Louvre.