Kees Verwey 80 jaar in zijn atelier aan het Spaarne - Anefo

Kees Verwey (April 20, 1900 – July 23, 1995) was a Dutch painter who was productive well into old age.

Biography

He was born in Amsterdam and was the nephew of the poet

Albert Verwey Albert Verwey (May 15, 1865 – March 8, 1937) was a Dutch poet belonging to the " Movement of Eighty". As a translator, staffer, and literary historian he played an important role in the literary life of The Netherlands in the late 19th and ...

and the architect

Hendrik Petrus Berlage Hendrik Petrus Berlage (; 21 February 185612 August 1934) was a Dutch architect and designer. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School. Life and work Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Ber ...

. According to the RKD he was a pupil of

Henri Frédéric Boot Henri Frédéric Boot (1877, Maastricht – 1963, Haarlem), was a Dutch painter and printmaker mostly active in Haarlem. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of the painters Dirk Gerard Ezerman, Alexander Henri Robert van Maasdij ...

, Johannes Hendricus Jurres, and

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (6 June 1868 – 11 February 1944) was a Dutch graphic artist active in the years before the Second World War. His pupils included graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972). A Sephardic Jew, in his old age he was se ...

.Kees Verwey
in the

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He was heavily influenced by the

Hague School The Hague School () is a group of artists who lived and worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890. Their work was heavily influenced by the realist painters of the French Barbizon school. The painters of the Hague school generally made use of re ...

and

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. His big break came in 1931 when his work was exhibited along with that of other contemporary Haarlem artists (such as Hendrik van den Eijnde). The exhibition was held in the newly created

Modern art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradit ...

gallery of the

Frans Hals Museum The Frans Hals Museum (formerly ''Stedelijk Museum van Haarlem'') is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem. Its collection is based on the city's own rich collection, b ...

located behind the main museum (today the gallery for the

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ken). He was a member of the Haarlem artist society " Kunst Zij Ons Doel", the "Kennemer Kunstenaarskring, and " Hollandse Aquarellistenkring". He married Jeanne Tilbusscher in 1951. The

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

in Amsterdam showed his work in the late 70s, and in Haarlem his work was shown in 1985 and 1990. In 1989 his work was shown in the

Dordrechts Museum Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of painting and other artistic objects from the last six centuries. The permanent collection includes numerous paintings f ...

and in 1990 in the

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I ...

. In 1993 the Gemeente Haarlem accepted a gift of his entire oeuvre and named the new art hall on the

Grote Markt, Haarlem The Grote Markt (; "Big Market") is the central market square of Haarlem, Netherlands. According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica''; Buildings of interest * Frans Hals Museum - Hal *Grote Kerk, Haarlem The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk ...

after him. Verwey had given this gift in 1984 with the condition that a proper home for it needed to be created. When the city stalled in finding a location, Verwey financed the remodelling of a centrally located

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himself and brought his collection together with the

in a foundation that he also ran himself until his death. His pupils were Mieke Burgers-Witteveen, Jules Chapon, Joop Dam (1922–1997), Jan Engelman, Henk Fonville, Frans Funke, Jan van Geem, Cor Hak,

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, Hugo Liebe, Henk van der Linden, Hanne Meijer-de Heer,

Jan Michels Jan Michels (born 8 September 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His first professional club was PEC Zwolle in 1990. He later played with the Go Ahead Eagles, Motherwell in Scotland, Sparta Rotterdam, FC ...

, Wim Steijn, and Karla Wenckebach. He died in Haarlem.

References

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on

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Kees Verwey Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Verwey, Kees 1900 births 1995 deaths Painters from Amsterdam Painters from Haarlem 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists