What is Ger Luijten?
{{Infobox person | name = Ger Luijten | image = Nouvelles de l'estampe - Colloque des 50 ans - opening conference 3 (cropped).JPG | caption = Ger Luijten in October 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|7|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tilburg]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|12|19|66|df=y}} | death_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = art historian, museum curator | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Ger Luijten''' (1956 – 19 December 2022) was a Dutch art historian and museum curator. He worked at [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]], was head of the art on paper department of the [[Rijksmuseum]] and direcotor of [[Fondation Custodia]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/12/20/ger-luijten-een-zeldzaam-begeesterde-kenner-van-de-teken-en-prentkunst-a4152130 |title=Ger Luijten: een zeldzaam begeesterde kenner van de teken- en prentkunst|work=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|date=20 December 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/depeches-art/deces/mort-de-ger-luijten-loeil-hollandais-du-dessin-et-directeur-de-la-fondation-custodia-11178917/ |title=Mort de Ger Luijten, l’œil hollandais du dessin et directeur de la Fondation Custodia|work=connaissancedesarts.com|date=20 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022|language=fr}}</ref> ==Biography== Luijten was born in 1956. He started a study to become a drawing teacher in [[Breda]] in 1977. When he was 23 years old he decided to study art history in Utrecht.<ref name=ref4>{{cite web|url=https://couturekrant.nl/8-columns/nieuws-a-tv/10085-fondation-custodia-deelt-mee-ger-luijten-overleden.html |title=Fondation Custodia deelt mee: Ger Luijten overleden|work=couturekrant.nl|date=20 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> In the 1980s he worked as a scientific employee at [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]] in [[Rotterdam]]. From 1990 to 2010