Do professors have other hobbies besides doing research? They certainly do. Philip Hans Franses, Professor of Applied Econometrics and Marketing Research, is a fervent painter.
When Professor of Church History Paul van Geest visited Franses' studio, he suggested he painted the Way of the Cross. And so it happened: two months later, Franses finished fourteen stations depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucification. Van Geest: "Philip Hans has outdone himself".
In an interview with Stijn Fens in Trouw, published on 10 April, 2020, Philip Hans Franses and Paul van Geest talk about the crucification of Christ and about the book that came from their collaboration.
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prof. dr. Ph. H.B.F. (Philip Hans) Franses is Professor of Applied Econometrics and Professor of Marketing Research at Erasmus School of Economics and was dean of the School from 2006 to 2019.
prof. dr. P.J.J. (Paul) van Geest Professor of Church History and Theology at University of Tilburg and professor of Economic and Theology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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The paintings will be hung in the chapel of Huize Sint Petrus, a health care institution in Berkel en Rodenrijs.