Frans Manders (1939) - Bloemstilleven

Frans Manders (1939) - Flower Still Life

Minimumprijs / reserve price € 178,-

Oil painting
- Without frame (height x width): 40 cm x 50 cm
- With frame (height x width): 53 cm x 63 cm

Frans Manders was born on 8 January 1939 in Helmond. Frans is largely self-taught and did not establish himself as an independent artist until 1978. Initially he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. He had pursued training in advertising and publicity at the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, where he studied, among others, under painter Kees Bol. Later he took lessons from draftsman Otto Dicke and painter Dorus van Oorschot. The latter artist from Schijndel was decisive for the direction Manders would follow: the tradition of the Barbizon School and the Hague School.

After his studio burned down in 1995, his work changed markedly. His paintings became increasingly colorful and abstract. He regularly worked in Provence (Vaucluse), where he developed his style and color palette into that of a true impressionist. Manders is primarily a (traditionally trained) landscape painter, who paints from feeling. He is especially appreciated for his Brabant works. On his seventieth birthday he was knighted.

In the Peter van den Brakencentrum, his recent work is shown. The subjects of the paintings range from French and Brabant landscapes (including sunsets) to water lilies, flower still lifes and harbor scenes. The artist is present every Sunday.