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Frits Verdonkartist • painterGorinchem 1902-1963 Wassenaar

biography of Frederik Willem 'Frits' Verdonk

Frits Verdonk lived and worked in The Hague, where he painted portraits, still lifes, and old Hague neighborhoods in a bright palette and loose, impressionistic style. He grew up in the orphanage in Gorkum, where his talent for drawing was discovered by the orphanage's administrator, Wittermans. He arranged for Frits to be enrolled at the Rotterdam Art Academy. After Wittermans' death, his wife remained the now-successful painter's business advisor. Verdonk could often be found in the summer along the sunny beaches of Katwijk and Scheveningen. There, he captured a popular attraction of the time: the donkey rides on the beach that children could take for a few cents, led by the donkey owner. For these paintings, Verdonk developed a unique palette of candy colors that further emphasized the sunny atmosphere of the beach scenes.


previously for salepaintings by Frits Verdonk


Frits Verdonk | Selfportrait, oil on board, 46.6 x 36.6 cm, signed on the reverse

Frits Verdonk

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Selfportrait

Frits Verdonk | Phloxes, oil on canvas, 24.4 x 30.3 cm, signed l.l.

Frits Verdonk

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Phloxes

Frits Verdonk | A still life with pastry, oil on canvas, 40.7 x 50.4 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

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A still life with pastry

Frits Verdonk | Fruit still life, oil on canvas, 24.0 x 30.0 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

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Fruit still life

Frits Verdonk | Prologue, oil on canvas, 94.8 x 73.0 cm, signed on the stretcher on the reverse

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Prologue

Frits Verdonk | Fruit in a basket, oil on canvas, 24.3 x 30.3 cm, signed l.r.

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Fruit in a basket

Frits Verdonk | Still life with flowers and a fruit bowl, oil on board, 43.0 x 47.0 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

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Still life with flowers and a fruit bowl

Frits Verdonk | The 'Spui', The Hague, oil on canvas, 44.0 x 74.0 cm, signed l.l.

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The 'Spui', The Hague

Frits Verdonk | Donkies on the beach, oil on panel, 34.2 x 47.3 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

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Donkies on the beach

Frits Verdonk | Mandarins in a basket, oil on canvas, 30.0 x 40.5 cm, signed l.r.

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Mandarins in a basket

Frits Verdonk | Riding donkies, 34.0 x 47.0 cm, signed l.r.

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Riding donkies

Frits Verdonk | Donkies on the beach, 34.0 x 47.0 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

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Donkies on the beach


for salepaintings by Frits Verdonk


Frits Verdonk | Woman with cigarette and champagne bottle, oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.1 cm

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Woman with cigarette and champagne bottle

Frits Verdonk | Donkey ride along the beach, oil on paper laid down on board, 34.0 x 46.8 cm, signed l.r.

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Donkey ride along the beach

Frits Verdonk | -, oil on canvas

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Frits Verdonk | Mrs. Roorda, oil on canvas, 41.3 x 51.2 cm

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Mrs. Roorda

Frits Verdonk | Still life with a tobacco jar and fruit, oil on canvas laid down on board, 36.5 x 49.4 cm

Frits Verdonk

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Still life with a tobacco jar and fruit

Frits Verdonk | Still life with a fruit basket, oil on canvas laid down on board, 46.0 x 56.0 cm, signed l.r.

Frits Verdonk

painting • for sale

Still life with a fruit basket


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