Nicole van Goethem was born on May 31, 1941 and grew up in Antwerp. As a child she attended school in Les filles de Marie of the Paridaens sisters in Sint-Jozefstraat, a renowned French-speaking girls' school where "little Nicoleke" was very out of place. She said she herself was a naughty student who was often sent home. One of the sisters advised her mother to just let her sign. This advice was followed: In high school, van Goethem studied Decorative Arts at the Technical Institute Sint-Maria in Antwerp, where she came first in a drawing competition organized by the school. After high school she decided to study flute at the Conservatory of Antwerp and performed as a member of the baroque ensemble Consortium Antiquum. Around this period she also took evening courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
(Anthe Heyninck)
>Nicole van Goethem, Drie koningen.Drawing, black ink on paper, 27.5 x 21.6 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Christus op het water.Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 27 x 21 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Postkaart met gevallen kerstman.Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 15 x 10 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Postkaart met twee kerstmannen.Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 15 x 10 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Je bois du lait.Drawing, gouache and black ink on cardboard, 14.5 x 30.1 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Tekening engel.Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 11.4 x 9 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Zonder titel (harige man).Drawing, black ink on paper, 15 x 10 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Zonder titel (Barbara).Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 14 x 8.7 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Robijntje.Drawing, stift, gouache en potlood op papier, 24.4 x 13 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Zonder titel (kerstman).Drawing, gouache and black ink on paper, 15 x 10 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Ontwerp logo Inza.Drawing, gouache op papier, 8.5 x 11.5 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Zonder titel (drie figuren).Drawing, pencil and crayon on paper, 20.9 x 29.7 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Zonder titel (Sint-Maria).Drawing, gouache,pen and pencil on paper, 21.4 x 27.4 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, La Grèce.Drawing, waskrijt op papier, 14.9 x 9.9 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, La Grece.Drawing, zwarte stift en waterverf op papier, 15 x 10.1 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, La Grèce.Drawing, waskrijt op papier, 13.4 x 10.8 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Kaart met koningen.Drawing, zwarte pen en waskrijt op bruin papier, 12.2 x 25.1 cm (folded 12.2 x 12.6 cm).
>Nicole van Goethem, Papegaaien.Drawing, waterverf en potlood op papier, 29.7 x 22 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Papegaai.Drawing, waterverf en potlood op papier, 29.7 x 22 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Landschap.Drawing, waskrijt op papier, 21.5 x 27.4 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Decor.Drawing, waterverf en potlood op papier, 16.4 x 24 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Fiche met twee tekeningen.Drawing, zwarte en witte inkt op papier, gemonteerd op blauw papier, 27.8 x 22.5 cm.
>Nicole van Goethem, Fiche met twee tekeningen.Drawing, potlood op papier, gemonteerd op bruin papier, 27.8 x 22.4 cm.