Espen Hagen - Large hand signed silkscreen 'Six ladies at The black bar'.

The striking and expressive style of working and the way in which Espen Hagen captures the “character” of his characters through the combination of different techniques does not go unnoticed. Many exhibitions follow, including in Vancouver, Oslo, Monaco, Croatia, Massachusetts, Cologne and Trondheim. In Amsterdam alone in the Vondelpark, Galerie Donkersloot, Beurs van Berlage, Het Magazijn and Hotel Okura, but also in The Hague (Hotel Des Indes), Maastricht and Naarden (het Arsenaal). From the mid-1990s, Espen Hagen worked closely with his friend Herman Brood. Espen exhibited twice in Café Dante, once together with Brood. In 1997, they exhibited together again, this time in the Arsenaal of Jan des Bouvrie in Naarden. Due to their regular joint performances and the many paintings they produced together, Espen Hagen is often called the protégé successor of Herman Brood. Espen Hagen was the “coming man” in Dutch painting. Thanks to the many exhibitions both at home and abroad and his regular television appearances, the star of this talented artist was rising strongly. On April 10, 2008, Espen Greger Hagen died of cardiac arrest. Edition number may differ from photo.