Biography Kees Verkade
1 biography
1.1 life
1.2 career
1.3 personal life
biography
early life
kees verkade born in 1941 in haarlem. took painting lessons gerrit van ’t net 1958 1963, , dirk bus @ royal academy in hague.
career
in 1964, had first exposition in haarlem vleeshal (the former municipal meat market, belonging frans hals museum. success , frans hals museum bought 2 of sculptures. specializses in carving , sculpture. 1 of works in haarlem vleeshal. big breakthrough came when work (at time depicting sports movements) noticed american author visiting haarlem in 1969. showed photographs of verkade s sculptures friends. verkade proceeded become internationally recognized artist, , many local associations bought work. work can seen in public places around haarlem , zandvoort, lived , worked.
in 2013, did public sculpture of late rainier iii, prince of monaco (1923-2005), stands outside prince s palace of monaco.
personal life
he has been resident of monaco since 1979.
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