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Frederik Willem (Fred) van der Wal (Renkum, October 30, 1942) is a Dutch realistic graphic artist who is mainly known for his pencil drawings. He also photographs, lithographs and paints watercolours.[1] To live
During the war, the young Van der Wal fled from Renkum to the Netherlands with his parents. He interrupted his education at the DaCosta training school in Bloemendaal to realize his ambition as an artist. After a job at an antiquarian bookstore, he was a permanent exhibitor at Galerie Mokum from 1967 to 1973 and from 1977 to 1978. Between 1968 and 1973 he was included in the Visual Artists Scheme and worked in various studios in Amsterdam and Haarlem. Since 1972 he has been a member of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam,[2] since 1974 of Pulchri Studio in The Hague[3] and since 2007 of the Dutch Circle of Illustrators.[4] In 1985 he founded the "professional association of visual artists in the Northern Netherlands, Fria".
In 2002 he emigrated to France, but he returned in 2009 and has since lived in the Netherlands again. He was a member of Le Groupe in Nevers in France from 2004 to 2014.