Frans Koppelaar

Frans Thomas Koppelaar (born April 23, 1943), is a Dutch painter, who was born at The Hague, Netherlands.

From 1963 - 1969 he attended the Royal Academy of Visual Arts at The Hague. He moved to Amsterdam in 1968 cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Netherlands Institute For Art History | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=45863 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-02 | language = Dutch ] .

His landscapes and Amsterdam cityscapes are painted in a style that recalls the classical tradition of the Hague School and the Amsterdam Impressionists [cite book | last = Brunt | first = Ineke | authorlink = | coauthors = Joan Eisema | title = Gegrepen door het moment, Amsterdam in olieverf | publisher = Stichting de Heeren Keyser | date = 2004 | location = Amsterdam | pages = 5 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 90-808649-3-5 ] .

Koppelaar's work is congenial to a figurative movement in Dutch contemporary painting that evolved during the 90s in a reaction to the pared-down conceptual art and the too pompous art-theories of that period. Through the years his style evolved into a simpler, straightforward approach [cite book | last = Pouw | first = Lex | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Gegrepen door het moment, Amsterdam in olieverf | publisher = Stichting de Heeren Keyser | date = 2004 | location = Amsterdam | pages = 3 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 90-808649-3-5 ] . By 1984, he no longer identified himself with any art movement.

Koppelaar is also known as a portraitist cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Netherlands Institute For Art History | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=45863 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-02 | language = Dutch ] .

olo Exhibitions

*2006 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2004 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2002 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2000 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*1998 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*1996 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam

Duo Exhibitions

*2007 - Galerie Van Veen & Vendelbosch, Dordrecht
*2007 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
*1999 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
*1997 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
*1995 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague

Group Exhibitions

*2007 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2006 - The Chambers Gallery, London
*2005 - Art Gallery Peter Pappot, Amsterdam
*2004 - Kunstcentrum Bergen, Bergen
*2003 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2001 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*2000 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
*1999 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam
*1998 - 'Drawing for Amsterdam', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
*1995 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
*1995 - Art Gallery Vieleers, Amsterdam

Congenials

Contemporary painters who are working in a similar way or with similar themes are:
*Jan Zwaan - Netherlands
*Henk Helmantel - Netherlands
*Peter Smit - Netherlands
*Aldo Balding - France
*Adolfo Ramón - Spain
*Derek Buckner - United States

Bibliography

*Brunt, Ineke & Eisema, Joan (2004), "Gegrepen door het moment - Amsterdam in olieverf" ("Grasped by the moment - Amsterdam in oils"), "Stichting de Heeren Keyser" ISBN 90-808649-3-5
*"Amsterdam Urban Landscapes from the Meentwijck Collection" (2003), Auction House Christie's, Amsterdam

External links

* [http://www.frans-koppelaar.nl/index-en.html Frans Koppelaar Official Website]

References