'Blätter (grün)' by Armando
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'Blätter (grün)' 2016

Armando

Paper
100 ⨯ 100 cm
€ 2.950

Galerie Post + Garcia

  • About the artwork
    Armando
    'Blätter (grün)'
    2016
    Materiedruk met carborundum op 2.000 grs handgeschept Atelier Mas de Flors papier
    100 x 100 cm
    Oplage: 10 exemplaren
    Prijs: €2.400
    Prijs inclusief lijst (wit houten bloklijst met museumglas): €2.950
  • About the artist

     

    Armando and his early days

    Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd (Amsterdam,18 September 1929), known as Armando, is a Dutch painter, sculptor and writer. He was born in Amsterdam but he moved to Amersfoort during the Second World War. After the liberation (1945), he studied art history at the University of Amsterdam.

    CoBra 

    His first solo exhibition was held at the Galerie Le Canard, Amsterdam, in 1954. In this period he also started to write poetry. His paintings and drawings were influenced by the CoBrA art group and Debuffet. 

    The Nederlandse Informele Groep and Zero-movement

    In 1958 he was one of the founders of the Nederlandse Informele Groep, which merged into the Nederlandse Zero-movement in 1960. The members of the Nul group brought to their work an entirely new, astonishing vision of familiar things.

    Amando at work in his studioThe artist Armando at work at his studio

    Situationist International

    After joining the Situationist International (SI), he attended their conference, held in Munich between 17 and 20 April 1959. He wrote, along with Anton Alberts, Constant and Har Oudejans, the First proclamation of the Dutch Section of the SI. Although he was expelled from the SI in 1960, he proceeded to contribute to other Situationist publications like the Situationist Times. He also contributed to Podium, Gard Sivik, De Nieuwe Stijl, and Barbarber.
     

    Between Germany and The Netherlands

    From 1979 he lived alternately in Amstelveen and Berlin for over 25 years, where he worked until 1989 in the old studio of the Nazi sculptor Arno Breker. From that time on he lived in Amstelveen, but he had plans to settle in Amersfoort, the city of 'his' museum, the Armando Museum.

    Armando, surrounded by his sculptures and paintings, in the Elleboogkerk in Amersfoort, where the Armando Museum was established in 1998Armando, surrounded by his sculptures and paintings, in the Elleboogkerk in Amersfoort, where the Armando Museum was established in 1998

    The fire

    On October 22, 2007, this museum was completely destroyed by a raging fire, whereby almost the entire collection and part of the documentation archive were lost. Part of the rescued collection was transferred to the new Museum Oud Amelisweerd (MOA) in Bunnik. The first exhibition of this collection in Oud-Amelisweerd was opened on 21 March 2014 by Princess Beatrix.

    The first exhibition of Armando's collection in Oud-Amelisweerd was opened on 21 March 2014 by Princess BeatrixArmando's collection was opened on 21 March 2014 by Princess Beatrix

    His legacy

    In 2013 his collection of poems Stemmen was published. In November 2015, Uitgeverij Koppernik published 21 new poems under the title Why. Since 2014 the Armando Collection found a new home in the Museum Oud Amelisweert near Bunnik (NLD).

    Armando exhibition in Museum Voorlinden, 2019Armando exhibition in Museum Voorlinden, 2019

    Armando died on July 1, 2018 in the German city of Potsdam. 

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