Robert Noortman

[1] Robert Noortman was instrumental in the founding of the Maastricht-based The European Fine Art Fair and for ten years was TEFAF's director.

For fun Noortman studied for and graduated as a commercial pilot and later flew through twelve European countries in one single day by daylight.

[2] Shortly after his death Noortman was accused of art theft, willful destruction of artworks and insurance fraud.

[3] The investigations by the police, private detectives, the Art Loss Register, Sotheby's and the insurance companies involved, has not led to a verdict.

[4] The gallery, owned by Sotheby's, continued with Noortman's son William as its director, but suffered from negative publicity.