Erwin De Vries - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Dec 21, 1929 Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname Died on 31 Jan 2018 (aged 88)

Surinamese artist

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About Erwin De Vries

  • Erwin de Vries (December 21, 1929 – January 31, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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