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Frans Erkelens (1937-2016) Artist Frans ERKELENS: (Bandung, Indonesia 1937) Teacher at the Royal Art Academy, The Hague. After secondary school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague - Graphic Direction - which he completed cum laude. There he met teachers such as Paul Citroen and Gerard Kiljan - both with the "Bauhaus Ideas" with an emphasis on pure creativity and clear thoughts on a balance between non-figurative forms and proportions. From there, he developed his specific style early on, which evolved via Magical and Fantastic Realism into Archaic Realism. Of a poetic intimacy - not cold or menacing despite the bizarre or haunting imagination of a surreal world. His works are in many private collections worldwide. Gouache. Handsigned, titeld (verso) and dated.