Henricus Johannes "Harrie" Kuyten

Netherlands
Netherlands
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesAmsterdam 1928
Year of Birth1883

Biography

Dutch painter Harrie Kuyten was a scholar of Simon Mengelberg in Utrecht and subsequently studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Antwerpen. Later he travelled extensively to various countries including Scandinavia and Austria-Hungary. He was a graphic artist, painter, draftsman, lithographer and wood carver. His style was Impressionistic, but was influenced by French Fauvism. Kuyten mainly painted a variety of topics, including trees, animals, harbor scenes, interiors, landscapes, nudes, cityscapes, still lifes and portraits. In the late 1920s he becomes a representative of the so-called Bergense School, characterized by an expressionist style showing influences of cubism and a preference for darker colors.

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