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Nice and beautifully framed work by Anton Vrede. Small edition of 50.
Anthony (Anton) Vrede (Willemstad (Curaçao), December 6, 1953) is a Dutch visual artist of Antillean-Surinamese descent, who works as a painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor in an expressionist, figurative, sometimes abstracting style.
In Anton Vrede's work, animal figures often play a leading role, with the different figures having their own meaning. In his paintings and graphics he entrusts a naive fairytale world to canvas or paper with smooth brushstrokes.
Anton Vrede is the eldest son of Emile Vrede and Gladys Stricks. His father was Surinamese and worked as a Shell laboratory technician, and his mother was an Antillean nurse, working in the Sint Elisabeth hospital on Curacao.
In 1961 the family came to the Netherlands and settled in Leiden. Here Vrede completed his MULO and started at the St. Joost art academy in Breda in 1972. There he met José Capricorne, who gave him the hope that you can earn a living as an Antillean artist.
Anton Vrede could not find his place in Breda. He therefore transferred to the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, where he graduated with honors in 1977. In Rotterdam he studied together with Frank Dam, Jos Looise and Willem van Veldhuizen, among others. He was taught by teachers such as Hannes Postma, Klaas Gubbels and Kees Franse, all of whom had a graphic oeuvre. He had not been allowed to make graphics at St. Joost, but he was allowed to make graphics in Rotterdam and here the graphic techniques turned out to be tailor-made for him.
Until the mid-1990s, Vrede worked from his studio home in Rotterdam Overschie. When visual artist and photographer Jan de Grauw visited there at that time, he found a colorful collection of art objects, which, according to De Grauw, told a lot about Anton's predilections:[6] On the one hand, all kinds of ethnological objects such as a Dogon drum from Mali, a Songue mask from Zaire , and a Baining mask from Papua New Guinea. And on the other hand, drawings and paintings by Lucebert, Ed van der Kooy, a print by Pat Andrea, JCJ van der Heyden and a tranquil portrait of Russian women by Hendrik Valk, most obtained by exchanging with artist friends, but in some cases he also bought .
In thirty years, Anton Vrede took part in more than two hundred exhibitions, and achieved considerable circulation of his work among people, mainly through his graphics. He regularly returns to the Antilles to work and exhibit.
In 1978-80 he received the Drempel Prize and a Stipend from the Rotterdam Art Foundation.
Anton Vrede's work is included in collections of banks such as ABN AMRO and MeesPierson; funds such as the Bouwfonds; insurance companies such as Centraal Beheer; ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs; hospitals and museums such as the Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch and the Curaçao Museum.
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ConditionGoodColorsGreen, Blue, White, Red, Multi Color, Orange, YellowMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationLandscapeArt sizeLargeHeight145 cmWidth110 cm