BASTIAAN MOL (1954)

is a Dutch artist/illustrator based in Rotterdam-Netherlands.                     He works from his home in Delfshaven, an old part of Rotterdam.

Although he is foremost known as a painter of the male figure,in a sensual ,sometimes also erotic way,often with colourful backgrounds, he also painted various other subjects such as Hollywood`s golden age stars, famous divas of music and films, animals (mostly birds) .

From 2013-2024 he painted 66 portraits of Portuguese fadosingers, so called 'FADISTAS'.He visited the Portuguese fadoscene very often and befriended the fadosingers after which he started painting their portraits. Most of these portraits already are on the walls in Lisbon and also Porto , but three of these portraits are part of the main exhibition in a small museum dedicated to the heritage of famed fadosinger/ composer Alfredo Marceneiro , in Lisbon. Bastiaan became member of honor to this museum. 

In March 2026 he decided from then on to dedicate his work only to the male figure subject. And sold out all of the paintings with other subjects to very small prices. Through the years the subject of the sensual males increased within his oeuvre and throughout the world he now is mostly known as an artist specialized in that subject.

Through the years there have been several publications about his art in varied magazines and online. the German HIM-magazine and BONER-magazine showed his paintings over 7 pages including an interview.  His art plus interviews also were seen in two issues of JUTURNA artmagazine over 8 pages. In March 2026 artmagazine LOUVRE Unbound had an interview with Bastiaan Mol over 6 pages and May 2026 artmagazine VISUAL ARTS Journal shows an indept interview specifically about his malepaintings. Follow the link to this interview:   https://visualartjournal.com/2026/04/07/bastiaan-mol/

Bastiaan Mol works mostly with live posing models. The interaction and personality of the models is important to him and also helps creating various atmospheres and colours in his work.

In May-June 2024 a short TV- documentary was being filmed in four days ,about the male paintings of Bastiaan Mol ( Dutch national NPO2-TV) . The process was followed from a young posing male model , via the painting of a portrait and finally the finished portrait that is showed on the opening of the art exhibition .It aired oktober 2024 and can still be seen in a shorter version on the internet at NTR Art Department .

Guys that like to pose ,  (age 19-35, wellbuilt/slim,  smooth/shaved)  can contact him via the contactform. Next to live models Bastiaan also works from photos (preferably taken by himself . Also visit him on Facebook , Instagram   (  bastiaan_mol.art ) and his other websites, such as   

www.bastiaanmol-maleart.nl   and   www.bastiaanmol.kunstinzicht.com           

Artgallery   Galerie Mooiman, in Groningen , Netherlands , also sells his work ( the male paintings) .At the moment they have over 30 paintings by Bastiaan Mol to chose from. See their website.