Frans Koppelaar
Self portrait of Frans Koppelaar
Born	April 23, 1943 (1943-04-23) (age 66) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Field	Painting, Landscape art

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

From 1963 - 1969 he attended the Royal Academy of Visual Arts at The Hague. He moved to Amsterdam in 1968.^[1]

His landscapes and Amsterdam cityscapes are painted in a style that recalls the classical tradition of the Hague School and the Amsterdam Impressionists.^[2]

Koppelaar's work is congenial to a figurative movement in Dutch contemporary painting that evolved during the 1990s 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.^[3] By 1984, he no longer identified himself with any art movement.

Koppelaar is also known as a portraitist.^[1]

Contents 1 Solo Exhibitions 2 Duo Exhibitions 3 Group Exhibitions 4 Congenials 5 Bibliography 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Solo 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Frans Koppelaar Official Website

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[edit] References