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Erwin de Vries (21 December 1929 – 31 January 2018[1]) was a Surinamese painter and sculptor.

Erwin de Vries
Erwin de Vries
Born	12 December 1926 Paramaribo, Suriname
Died	31 January 2018(2018-01-31) (aged 88) Paramaribo, Suriname
Nationality	Suriname
Occupation	Painter, scultpor

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 sent him to the Netherlands to further his education.[2] 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.[3] His work has since been displayed at the Stedelijk Museum and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. He is the designer of the Nationaal Monument Slavernijverleden [nl] 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.

References

• Veerle Poupeye. Caribbean Art. London; Thames and Hudson; 1998.

External links

• Biographical research into the life and work of the Surinamese artist Erwin de Vries
• Media related to Erwin de Vries at Wikimedia Commons

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Erwin de Vries, né le 21 décembre 1929 à Paramaribo (Guyane néerlandaise, aujourd'hui Suriname) et mort le 31 janvier 2018 dans la même ville, est un peintre et sculpteur surinamien, considéré comme le «parrain de l'art surinamien moderne»[1].

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