Artiste à l’honneur
Rob Jacobs: Faces and Raw Feeling
18 août 2026
Rob Jacobs, based in Weert, Netherlands, paints faces the way we actually experience them—layered, contradictory, and full of feeling. Since studying at the art academy in Neerpelt, Belgium, he has built a distinctive practice that draws inspiration from human expressions and the different characters we encounter. Working intuitively without predetermined plans, Jacobs combines mixed techniques across both color and black-and-white canvases of varying sizes. His paintings are confronting and introspective, merging figuration with abstraction to capture the emotional weight that lives beneath the surface. His work exists in private collections and speaks to anyone who recognizes themselves in the complexity of a face.
Living with it · 2015 · 100×150 cm
The Weight of Silence · 2019 · 150×100 cm
Into the Dark · 2017 · 32×42 cm
Losing Myself · 2019 · 32×42 cm
In Good Company · 2024 · 150×100 cm
Trace · 2019 · 42×32 cm
Holding myself together · 2017 · 32×42 cm
He Knows · 2019 · 23×32 cm
Drifting · 2019 · 150×100 cm
Looking Beyond · 2015 · 100×150 cm
We Once Belonged · 2024 · 150×100 cm
Along the Way · 2017 · 155×105 cm
Rob Jacobs
Netherlands