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'''Erwin de Vries''' (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2018/02/01/erwin-de-vries-overleden/ |title=Erwin de Vries overleden |website=DWTonline.com |language=nl |access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>) was a [[Suriname]]se painter and sculptor. |
'''Erwin de Vries''' (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2018/02/01/erwin-de-vries-overleden/ |title=Erwin de Vries overleden |website=DWTonline.com |language=nl |access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>) was a [[Suriname]]se painter and sculptor. |
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De Vries was born in [[Paramaribo]], and is the half-brother of [[Henry Lucien de Vries]], who served as [[governor of Suriname]] from 1965 until 1967. De Vries studied in the [[Netherlands]] at the [[Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten]] in [[The Hague]] and at the [[Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten]] in [[Amsterdam]]. |
De Vries was born in [[Paramaribo]], and is the half-brother of [[Henry Lucien de Vries]], who served as [[governor of Suriname]] from 1965 until 1967. De Vries studied in the [[Netherlands]] at the [[Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten]] in [[The Hague]] and at the [[Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten]] in [[Amsterdam]]. De Vries's first exhibition was in 1948 in Paramaribo<ref>https://erwindevriesart.gallery/en/about-erwin/</ref>. His work has since been displayed at the [[Stedelijk Museum]] and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. He is the designer of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Nationaal Monument Slavernijverleden}}in [[Amsterdam]]. De Vries has also exhibited a great deal in [[Jamaica]]; there he became acquainted with the work of [[Barrington Watson]], whose erotically charged paintings matched his own in tone. |
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Erwin de Vries | |
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 Erwin de Vries | |
| Born | 12 December 1926 |
| Died | 31 January 2018 (aged 88) Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Nationality | Suriname |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, scultpor |
Erwin de Vries (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 2018[1]) was a Surinamese painter and sculptor.
De Vries was born in Paramaribo, and is the half-brother of Henry Lucien de Vries, who served as governor of Suriname from 1965 until 1967. De Vries studied in the Netherlands at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague and at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. De Vries's first exhibition was in 1948 in Paramaribo[2]. His work has since been displayed at the Stedelijk Museum and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. He is the designer of the Nationaal Monument Slavernijverledenin Amsterdam. De Vries has also exhibited a great deal in Jamaica; there he became acquainted with the work of Barrington Watson, whose erotically charged paintings matched his own in tone.
References
- ^ "Erwin de Vries overleden". DWTonline.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ^ https://erwindevriesart.gallery/en/about-erwin/
- Veerle Poupeye. Caribbean Art. London; Thames and Hudson; 1998.
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