Kees Maks - Artist Info

About Kees Maks

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Cornelis Johannes Maks
  • Biography

    Cornelis Johannes Marks, usually known as Kees Maks, was a Dutch painter and born in Amsterdam in 1876. He studied at the Rijksakademie and then trained under George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923), who was an important Impressionist and photographer at that time.

    Maks participated in the Munich Secession and exhibited with them in 1910 and a few more times. Between 1910 and 1940 he also exhibited regularly at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. Maks was a close friend of Kees van Dongen (1877-1968) and was highly appreciated for his modern artistic approach. Maks died in 1967. (cbo)

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