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Espen Hagen's striking and expressive style, and the way he captures the "character" of his characters through a combination of different techniques, has not gone unnoticed. Numerous exhibitions followed, including in Vancouver, Oslo, Monaco, Croatia, Massachusetts, Cologne, and Trondheim. In Amsterdam alone, he exhibited in venues including Vondelpark, Galerie Donkersloot, Beurs van Berlage, Het Magazijn, and Hotel Okura, as well as in The Hague (Hotel Des Indes), Maastricht, and Naarden (the Arsenaal).
From the mid-1990s onward, Espen Hagen collaborated closely with his friend Herman Brood. Espen exhibited twice at Café Dante, once with Brood. In 1997, they exhibited together again, this time at Jan des Bouvrie's Arsenaal in Naarden. Due to their regular appearances together and the numerous paintings they produced together, Espen Hagen is often called Herman Brood's protégé successor. Espen Hagen was the "coming man" in Dutch painting. Thanks to numerous exhibitions both domestically and internationally and his regular television appearances, this talented artist's star was rapidly rising. On April 10, 2008, Espen Greger Hagen passed away from cardiac arrest.
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