Frank Dekkers

Frank Dekkers in October 2009

Frank Dekkers (born November 4, 1961 in Nijmegen ) is a Dutch artist who specializes in landscape painting.

Live and act

Painting “Oude Waal”, 2007, 65 × 88 cm

Dekkers studied painting and graphics at the Utrecht Art Academy , the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. His paintings are always created on site, preferring to paint landscapes near rivers.

Exhibitions

• 1991 Taipei City Art Museum , Taipei , Taiwan
• 1993 Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kōchi Prefecture , Japan
• 1996 Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Kōchi, Japan
• 1998 Singer Laren , Netherlands
• 1999 Museum het Oude Raadhuis, Leerdam , The Netherlands
• 2002 Stadsmuseum, IJsselstein , Netherlands
• 2005 Stedelijk Museum, Vianen , The Netherlands
• 2007 Museum Flehite, Amersfoort , The Netherlands
• 2008 Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem , The Netherlands
• 2010 Voerman Museum, Hattem , The Netherlands

Secondary literature and catalogs

• Michael A. Martone: De plek. Frank Dekkers and Jeroen Hermkens. 1999
• Rimme Rypkema: Frank Dekkers. 2001
• Aan de rivier. With contributions by Menno van der Beek, Mark Boog, Lenze Bouwers, Chrétien Breukers, Abe de Vries. 2006
• Oorverdovend style. With contributions by Dick Adelaar, Bianca Ruiz, Christina Hosman, Jeroen Hermkens. 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data from Thea Figee: "Rust, ruimte en horizon die almaar verder gaat." In: Algemeen Dagblad , November 14, 2006, p. 8.

Web links

Commons : Frank Dekkers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the artist