Hans de Vries
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Hans de Vries (born 1947) is a Dutch visual artist associated with Dutch conceptual and 'micro-emotive' art of the early 1970s. He worked in the north of the Netherlands, at Almelo, Beerta and Finsterwolde, where he lived in a rural setting and documented daily domestic activities, the weather, gardens and natural processes in artist's books, photographs and notes. According to the Rencontres d'Arles artist page, he worked as an artist in the Netherlands until about 1980, then moved to Germany and later Denmark, where he runs a dairy farm. He also made short films. His publications include Weeromstandigheden (1969), Het Tuinboek (1971), De geschiedenis van de citroengeranium (1973) and 't Dooie beestenboek (De Harmonie, Amsterdam, 1974). The last is a record of animals killed on the road between Beerta and Winschoten, with photographs, handwritten text and sketches. It was the first of his books sold in Dutch bookstores. He received the Gerard te Borg Prize in Almelo in 1969.[1,2,3,4]
- everyday rural life
- dead animals
- nature and weather documentation
- micro-emotive art
- artist's books
Works by Hans de Vries
- 1974 't Dooie beestenboek (catalogued as 't Noore beestenboek) The ISBN matches 't Dooie beestenboek. The de Appel archive dates it 1973; most other sources say 1974. The 'Noore' spelling in the request is probably a typo for 'Dooie'.
- 1969 Weeromstandigheden
- 1971 Het Tuinboek Part of Atlas voor een nieuwe metropool
- 1971 Een jaar rond: huiselijke activiteiten en het weer 200 signed copies
- 1973 De geschiedenis van de citroengeranium 500 copies
- 1974 Stijgbeelden van aardbeien
Awards
- 1969 Gerard te Borg Prize