Kees Verkade

Kees Verkade (Haarlem, October 12, 1941), especially abroad, one of most famous Dutch artists. He makes images and signs.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Kees Verkade was born in Haarlem in a manufacturer family. After drawing and painting lessons with Gerrit van 't Net from 1958-1963 he studied at the Royal Academy of art inthe Hague. Although he wanted to become a draughtsman, he eventually advertising tended more to the sculpture. He had his first exhibition in the Haarlem Vishal. Thanks to this exhibition, he sold two works to the Frans Hals Museum. Since then he had his atelier in Zandvoort. In 1966 he was given his first command of the municipality of Haarlem forShoppingthe statue, or Music. Later he would also break through internationally, particularly in France and Monaco, where he maintains good contacts with the Court there and where he now lives and works. ==Style[ Edit] == The style of Kees Verkade is figurative. Movement is the thread that runs through his work. ==Some images[ Edit] == Other famous images of Verkade are:
 * Style 2
 * 3 some images
 * 3.1 Gallery
 * 4 Bronsdiefstal
 * 5 Distinguished
 * 6 external links
 * On the corner of the Grote houtstraat in Haarlem is Shopping his image (or Music), his first assignment by the municipality of Haarlem in 1966.
 * At the bar in Terminal 1 of the airport of Nice, behind the customs control, is a statue by Kees Verkade, entitled L'envol (the flight). A replica of this statue stands in the main street of Biot (Alpes-Maritimes).
 * For the Prince's Palace of Monaco is a statue by Kees Verkade, Il Malizia. It is the image of a monk with a swordunder his habit . Kees Verkade was commissioned for this picture in 1997 related to the anniversary that Monaco 700 years was ruled by the Grimaldifamily. Il Malizia or the sly was the nickname of Francesco Grimaldi, the founder of the Principality of.
 * In Amsterdam is at weteringplantsoen a bust in memory of the writer Simon Carmiggelt.
 * In Groningen is one of his most famous images: bicycle training.
 * In Zandvoort in 2003 was a resistance monument unveiled. It was considered there annually on 31 August, the Day of the national resistance, a gathering to keep. It was decided to move this commemoration to 4 May and in 2009 only every five years to keep this.
 * In the garden of Palace soestdijk was by Queen Beatrix on May 20, 2009 revealed a picture of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. The image marks the 100th birth year of Juliana and recalls that they lived there from 1937 to 2004.
 * In april 2010, in Hardenberg a War Memorial designed by Verkade revealed. [1]

===Gallery<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Queen Wilhelmina on the Boulevard in Noordwijk;
 * Louis Couperus on the Lange Voorhout in the Hague;
 * Anton Pieck in Overveen;
 * Frits Philips in Eindhoven and
 * Audrey Hepburn in Arnhem.
 * <p lang="en" len="548" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Market on the Frits Philips inEindhoven
 * <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">'Malle Babbe', Barteljorisstraat inHaarlem


 * <p lang="en" len="621" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Bernhard and Juliana in the garden of Palace soestdijk

==Bronsdiefstal<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In June 2008, a bronze statue of Verkade stolen, the image "In Balance" that at a Sports Hall in Harderwijk was about. The estimated value of the picture lies between 40,000 and 50,000 €, about two hundred times the value of the bronze.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ==Differentiated<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * <p lang="en" len="408" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Aviation pioneers on Schiphol
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 * Officer of the order of Cultural Merits (Monaco, 1997)
 * Officer of the order of Grimaldi (Monaco, 1997)