Frans Koppelaar

Frans Thomas KoppelaarBorn 23th of April 1943 at The Hague.

Lives and works in Amsterdam.Certain artists have painting in their fingers, like the Dutch artist Frans Koppelaar. He paints in a flowing realistic style. The well-aimed directness of his brush strokes make his works vibrate with life.Since Koppelaar mastered the art of painting he has used it to express his vision on the world around him. Not searching for drama, not trying to make his inner life the center of his art, but carefully choosing subjects that, in his view, simply asked to be painted.While his paintings appear to differ, what unites them is a deeply felt love for our planet and how through painting he manages to succeed in sharing this love with others.

Saskia Siebers (art dealer and spouse of the artist)

Education
Royal Academy of Visual Arts - The Hague, Netherlands.

Selected 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

Selected Duo-exhibitions:
1999 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
1997 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague
1995 - Kunstzaal van Heijningen, The Hague

Selected Group-exhibitions:
2006 - The Chambers Gallery - London
2005 - Art Gallery Peter Pappot - Amsterdam
2004 - Kunstcentrum Bergen - Bergen NH, Netherlands
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
1994 - Gallery Ina Broerse, Laren NH

Selected Art Fairs:
2007 - Primavera Art Fair< Rotterdam
2007 - REALISME 07, Amsterdam
2006 - Holland Art Fair, The Hague
2005 - REALISME 05, Amsterdam
2003 - Holland Art Fair, The Hague
2001 - Kunst RAI, Amsterdam
1995 - Art&Image Art Fair, The Hague

Collections:
The work of Frans Koppelaar can be found in private, corporate and governmental Collections in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Italy, USA and Brazil.
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