The Life and Art of Pyke Koch Born in Beek, a small village near Nijmegen in the Netherlands, Pyke Koch was the only son of a local doctor. His early years were shaped by a love for music, playing the violin and participating in a student gypsy band called Tzigane. While he studied law at the University, he adopted the spelling of his nickname, Pyke. His journey into the visual arts began somewhat by chance in the summer of 1927; after…