Armando

Dutch, 1929 - 2018

Armando was born in Amsterdam, and as child moved to Amersfoort. There he saw, during the German occupation of the Netherlands, how the Nazis set up a "transition camp" for prisoners who were to be sent to concentration camps. The suffering of the victims and the cruelty of the Nazi camp guards, so near his home, influenced him for the rest of his life. After the liberation (1945), he studied art history at the University of Amsterdam. His first solo exhibition was at the Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam, in 1954. At this time he also started to write poetry. He was influenced by the CoBrA art group, and made abstract drawings—with his left hand, in the dark. He was also influenced by Jean Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier, producing thickly impastoed paintings.

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Six times red, 1963

Six times red, 1963

Signed and dated on the reverse
red lacquer on metal on chipboard
155 x 123 cm

Exhibitions:
Rood, November 2010 - May 2011 in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam

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Six times red, 1963

Six times red, 1963

Signed and dated on the reverse
red lacquer on metal on chipboard
155 x 123 cm

Exhibitions:
Rood, November 2010 - May 2011 in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
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