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Frans Thomas Koppelaar (April 23, 1943), Dutch painter, was born at The Hague. From 1963 - 1969 he attended the Royal Academy of Visual Arts at The Hague. He moved to Amsterdam in 1968. Image File history File links Frans_Koppelaar_2003. ... Image File history File links Frans_Koppelaar_2003. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Royal Academy of Art is an Art Academy in The Hague, The Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 743,905 (1 April 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

His landscapes and Amsterdam cityscapes are painted in a style that recalls the classical tradition of the Hague School and the Amsterdam Impressionists. The Harvesters, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1565: Peace and agriculture in a pre-Romantic ideal landscape, without sublime terrors Landscape near Bologna, by Frans Koppelaar, 2001: Realistic landscape painted after nature Landscape art depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers and forests. ... Snowcovered Blaauwbrug 1991 Amsterdam cityscape Frans Koppelaar A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. ... The Hague School was the Dutch counterpart to the French Barbizon school of realist painters. ... The Amsterdam Impressionism was an art movement. ...

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. By 1984, he no longer identified himself with any art movement. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs (1965) Conceptual art, sometimes called idea art, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement more or less strictly so restricted (usually a few months, years or...

Koppelaar is also known as a portraitist. Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to depict the visual appearance of the subject, mostly a person, whereas the portrait is expected to show the essence of the subject. ...

Backlight Langestraat 1993
oil on canvas

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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 - USA

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 link

• Examples of work, list of shows and artist's statement

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