Els Coppens-van de Rijt, Date of Birth

Els Coppens-van de Rijt

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1943

Profession: writer, painter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Johanna Elisabeth "Els" Coppens-van de Rijt (born August 18, 1943) is an artist and author from Vlierden, Netherlands. Coppens-van de Rijt was born in Sint-Oedenrode, as one of twins to a Roman Catholic family with 11 children.
She studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven with Kees Bol and Jan Gregoor and at the Art Academy of Maastricht.
Here she met her husband, sculptor Joep Coppens. After her studies she made name as a painter, in particular of portraits.
She ceased painting, however, due to having the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Since, she has been writing among others on her Christian belief.