Jan de Vries - Hi #!

'Jan' Luitzen de Vries Amsterdam 1960
acrylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm, signed lower right and dated 1993 annotation on verso and on stretcher: 'DeVries, 1993'
Jan Luitzen deVries
Vries paintings are characterized by bright, almost fluorescent colors and sharp, enlarged images that, as it were, hammer into the retina. The uncomplicated storyline makes his work accessible to everyone. The rising and setting suns, clouds, splashing waves and deserts form the landscape side of his work, but there are also nocturnal cityscapes, geometric views and stained-glass mosaic scenes.
After graduating as a linguist, Jan Luitzen de Vries started painting in 1990. It was the start of a short, successful painting career that lasted until 1998. With his figurative paintings, which earned him the nickname 'the Dutch Roy Lichtenstein', he was represented at many exhibitions. An important source of inspiration was pop art, an art movement that emerged in the early 1960s and derived its motifs from the products of modern consumer society such as advertising, comic strips, television and newspapers. After 1998, De Vries focused on editorial work and became a successful journalist and writer. His work can still be seen and for sale in various galleries and a large part of his collection can be rented and purchased through art lending.
Will be shipped insured and well packaged via a local A+ courier and shipped unframed as a canvas on wood.