Erwin de Vries
Erwin de Vries was a Dutch painter, sculptor and printmaker (1929–2018). He was born at Paramaribo.
Also recorded as Erwin Jules de Vries; Erwin (1929); E.J. de Vries; Erwin De Vries.
Erwin de Vries in brief
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 2018
- Known for
- painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Place of birth
- Paramaribo
Contents
Recognition and collections
Work by Erwin de Vries is held by Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of World Cultures, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Literature Museum.
Catalogued works
39 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1594 to 2023.
National Slavery Memorial, dated 2002. Dolle Mina, dated 1968. Jagernath Lachmon (statue), dated 2002. Henck Arron (statue), dated 2008. Eddy Snijders (bust), dated 2003. Abstract, dated 1969, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory 1999.1.0001. Het magische oog, dated 1963, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory A 22281. Mexican Woman in Profile, dated 1989, held by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, inventory 1996.1.0141. Erotica, dated 1973. Erectus, dated 1977. statue of André Kamperveen, dated 2000. bust of Anton de Kom, dated 1986. Portrait of Simon Vinkenoog (1928-2009), dated 1980, held by Literature Museum. De Ontdekker, dated 1962. Confidence in Own Ability, dated 2005. bust of Eddy Jharap, dated 2005. bust of Louis Doedel, dated 2023. bust of Anthony Nesty, dated 1995. art on the central post-office. statue of Fred Derby, dated 2012. bust of Frits Tjong Ayong, dated 1996. bust of André Loor. buste of Carlho Wijdh, dated 2014. statue of Anton de Kom, dated 2023. bust of Frank Essed, dated 1995. bust of Erwin de Vries, dated 2017. Portrait of Johannes Marten den Uyl (1919-1987), dated 1979, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory 121118. Apollo, dated ca. 1594–98, bronze, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 41.190.534. Hercules Overcoming Nereus On His Way to the Garden of the Hesperides, dated ca. 1602–1612, bronze, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2024.87. Alto or Tenor Cornopean, dated 1837–50, brass, nickel-silver, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 89.4.2412. Portrait of a Man, dated 1643, oil on wood, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 71.63. Erwin Bünning : Pflanzenphysiologe, Chronbiologe und Vater der physiologischen Uhr / Werner Plesse., dated 1996, held by Wellcome Collection. Notes pour le Rapport sur les progrès de la physiologie / Claude Bernard ; manuscrit inédit présenté et commenté par M.D. Grmek ; préf. de J. Dausset., dated 1979, held by Wellcome Collection. La fisiología : origen histórico de una ciencia experimental / José Luis Barona Vilar., dated [1991], held by Wellcome Collection. L'École Liégeoise de physiologie et son maître Léon Fredericq (1851-1935), pionnier de la zoologie chimique / [Marcel Florkin]., dated [1979], held by Wellcome Collection. Philosophie et méthodologie scientifiques de Claude Bernard / par Étienne Wolff, Christian Fouchet, Bernardo A. Houssay, Georges Canguilhem ... [etc.] Colloque international orgranisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Les concepts de Claude Bernard sur le milieu intérieur / par Roger Heim, Bernard Halpern, Yvon Bourges, Bengt Andersson ... [etc.] Colloque international organisé pour la célébration du centenaire de la publication de l'Introduction à l'étude de la médecine expérimentale de Claude Bernard, 1965., dated 1967, held by Wellcome Collection. Ecrits physiologiques et médicaux / Descartes ; présentation, textes, traduction, notes et annexes de Vincent Aucante., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection. Physiologie et classification : relations historiques / Joseph Schiller ; traduit de l'anglais par les Docteurs F. et R.H. Polge d'Autheville., dated 1980, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 6 named public collections.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Rijksmuseum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. RKDimages: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Literature Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 611 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 186 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Vries, Mozes Eliazar Cohen Fantaas de or M. C. de Vries, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Barbara de Vries, Autumn/Winter 1984, Barbara de Vries, Autumn/Winter 1984, 2019. Barbara de Vries, Spring/Summer 1985, Barbara de Vries, Spring/Summer 1985, 2019. Vries, Abraham de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1929Erwin de Vries born at Paramaribo.
- 1968Dolle Mina.
- 1969Abstract (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam).
- 2002National Slavery Memorial.
- 2002Jagernath Lachmon (statue).
- 2003Eddy Snijders (bust).
- 2008Henck Arron (statue).
- 2018Erwin de Vries died at Paramaribo.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Erwin de Vries (611 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 2.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 186 works naming Erwin de Vries.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 3.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3216137: Erwin de Vries
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 4.
“Erwin de Vries”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Elsewhere in Sculpture
1,620 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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