Philip Akkerman - Framed drawing: Self-portrait - 1986

Framed pencil drawing by Philip Akkerman. The artist who mainly makes self-portraits. Self-portrait. Year: 1986. Dimensions incl frame: H54 x w45cm. Dimensions representation: H38 x w32cm. The work is signed in pencil at the bottom right by the artist with his initials. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.


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In 1946, Eugène Brands took part in the group exhibition Young Painters in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, where an entire room was filled with his work. There he maintained good contacts with director Sandberg, who had promised him a (solo) exhibition.

When he joined the Experimental Group in Holland in 1948, he took on the task of maintaining contacts with the Stedelijk Museum. This led to the International Exhibition of Experimental Art in November 1949. In the meantime, the Cobra movement had also been founded by Constant Nieuwenhuijs, Corneille, Karel Appel, Christian Dotremont and Asger Jorn. This large group exhibition was therefore the first public manifestation of Cobra. A number of large works by Eugène Brands were on display, which had been specially made for the exhibition.

Due to differences of opinion and internal quarrels following this exhibition, he left the Cobra movement and distanced himself from it. He also went his own way artistically. In the 1950s he made work that was inspired by children's drawings, including those of his daughter Eugénie.[1] It was not until the 1960s that he returned to the Cobra colour palette.

In addition to paintings, Brands also made assemblages, in which he applied the same abstraction and color palette as in his paintings. In 2012, two collections with experimental poems and stories from his posthumous work were published.

The group exhibition organised by Sandberg in 1962 ultimately meant the breakthrough for Eugène Brands. He no longer had to live from the counter-performance.

From 1967 he taught at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in 's-Hertogenbosch. From 1973 he worked in the summers in Nunspeet, later he also had a studio in Provence.