Erwin de Vries
Erwin de Vries (21 December 1929 – 31 January 2018) 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. Wim Bos Verschuur, his art teacher, convinced his parents to send him to the Netherlands to further his education.
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Erwin de Vries
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- Name
- Erwin de Vries
- Born
- 12 December 1926
- Birthplace
- Paramaribo, Suriname
- Died
- 31 January 2018
- Occupation
- Painter, sculptor
- Nationality
- Suriname · Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Languages
- Dutch
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Erwin de Vries (21 December 1929 – 31 January 2018) 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. Wim Bos Verschuur, his art teacher, convinced his parents to send him to the Netherlands to further his education.
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He studied 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. His work has since been displayed at the Stedelijk Museum and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. He is the designer of the 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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• Name — Erwin de Vries • Born — 12 December 1926 • Birthplace — Paramaribo, Suriname • Died — 31 January 2018 • Place of death — Paramaribo, Suriname • Occupation — Painter, sculptor
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1929
Erwin de Vries born at Paramaribo.
2018
Erwin de Vries died at Paramaribo.
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- 1.Kunstenaar Erwin de Vries, maker Nationaal Slavernijmonument, overleden, NOS.nl, 1 februari 2018. Gearchiveerd op 15 juni 2023.
- 2.De Vries overleden door inwendige bloedingen Dagblad Suriname d.d. 2 februari 2018
- 3.Helmans olieverfportret, vervaardigd in 1911, staat gereproduceerd in , in Zwarte pracht; Cultuur uit de voormalige Nederlandse koloniën. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Van Oorschot, 2025, p. 156, . Ook ander werk van De Vries in deze uitgave.
- 4.Dirk Limburg, 'Erotiek is het belangrijkste in ons leven', NRC Handelsblad, 7 november 2009. Gearchiveerd op 16 juni 2023.
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