Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s brother, her parents fled the ruined city of Rotterdam and returned back to Rotterdam, where her second brother was born in 1948. Existence was difficult and hard, just as for any post-war child. Happily, Ada found a lot of enjoyment in drawing and painting. From nursery school age she grabbed every opportunity to experiment with colours and lines. Not a single piece of paper was safe from Ada’s creativity. After her education she started work, but none of her positions gave her the enjoyment and satisfaction that she got from drawing and painting. So All her free time was spent on drawing and studying in order to improve her skills. Ada experimented with colours, materials and different themes. A magazine in which the meaning of the word surrealism is explained, focussed her work on “the so-called free world”. The occasionally rather cramped realism was by imaginative. colourful and most of all joyful combinations. By this time, Ada’s artwork had developed enough to qualify her for a Beeldende Kunstenaars Regeling (Graphic Artist Regulation). Now Ada could do what she loves doing: dedicate herself to art. Her career gained momentum. She came into contact with other artist and gallery owners and she contributed to various exhibitions, winning the public award at the Lijnbaan Artist Centre in Rotterdam. Together with other artists, who have a penchant for surrealism, she travelled to Spain, Germany and France in order to visit the principal museums in Berlin, Parijs Londen, New York, Madrid and Barcelona. This also gave her the opportunity to speak with artists and to visit new galleries. An explosion of drawings and colourful paintings followed. In 1980 Ada received her own gallery in a school building, where other artists also worked. There she befriended Edward Luyken and his wife, among others. Together with Edward, Ada decided a few years later to move to Amsterdam and to take up residence in a factory premises, where they could live and work. Ada’s children befriended Edward’s children and together they started a new adventure. Ada Breedveld became known a broad public thanks to her many exhibitions at home and abroad. Ada’s art became popular. Ada has been called the Botero of the Lowlands. Famous for her corpulent ladies and gentlemen. Her new works seem to connect more and more with the naive artforms. Ada created this comic series for her mother, who had suffered from corpulence during her lifetime. Ada Wanted to let her mother come to life again in her work, emphasising the pleasant and jolly aspects. Her paintings are as were a joyful renaissance of her mother. All this has been a source of inspiration for Ada Breedveld now more than 30 years. The joyful ladies are now popular with a broad public and not only in the Netherlands. Ada has held exhibitions abroad, where she now also has numerous admirers.
Kennismaking Introduction Naive Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kennismaking Introduction Naive Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,511
Babyboom Baby Tree Acryl on Canvas Fat Lady Naive Painting Primitive In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Babyboom Baby Tree Acryl on Canvas Fat Lady Naive Painting Primitive In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada...
Canvas, Acrylic
De vier Heemskinderen Four Sons of Aymon Acryl Painting on Canvas In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
De vier Heemskinderen Four Children on Horse Acryl Painting on Canvas In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Scheepskat Cat of the Ship Big Woman Red Boat Fish Funny In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Scheepskat Cat of the Ship Big Woman Red Boat Fish Funny In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s brother...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,511
Vlindertrek Butterfly Migration Fat Lady Primitive Acryl on Canvas In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vlindertrek Butterfly Migration Fat Lady Primitive Acryl on Canvas In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,511
Verwachting Expectation Fat Lady Tree Naive Painting Canvas Primitive In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verwachting Expectation Fat Lady Tree Naive Painting Canvas Primitive In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ad...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,524
In Cognito Incognito Acryl Painting on Canvas Horse Fat Lady Naive In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
In Cognito Incognito Acryl Painting on Canvas Horse Fat Lady Naive In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,511
Wilde Rit Wild Ride Naive Painting on Canvas Fat Lady Child Primitive In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Wilde Rit Wild Ride Naive Painting on Canvas Fat Lady Child Primitive In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,524
Vingers in de pap Finger in the Pie Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vingers in de pap Finger in the Pie Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ad...
Canvas, Acrylic
Lets make a Move Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady Dance Naive In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Lets make a Move Acryl Painting on Canvas Fat Lady Dance Naive In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s br...
Canvas, Acrylic
Zoete Middagslaap Sweet Afternoon Nap Fat Lady Naive Dog In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zoete Middagslaap Sweet Afternoon Nap Fat Lady Naive Dog In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with Ada’s brother, ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,511
Groeten uit Zeeland Greetings Dutch Landscape Fat Lady Naive Children In Stock
By Ada Breedveld
Located in Utrecht, NL
Groeten uit Zeeland Greetings Dutch Landscape Fat Lady Naive Children In Stock Ada Breedveld was born in Dordrecht at the start of the Dutch “Hunger winter” in 1944. Together with A...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,250Sale Price|71% Off
H 86.62 in W 70.87 in D 1.46 in
Large Horse Oil Painting. Contemporary Equestrian Oil Painting 220 x 180 cm
By Rubins J. Spaans
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of two paintings by John Vanderbank, A young gentleman riding a schooled horse, 1729 / Man on horseback, 1728. A unique oil p...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Raw Linen, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil
$360Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in D 1 in
Pleasure - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$360Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 10 in D 1 in
Daddy's Girl -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Green
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Olaosun draws h...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$360Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in D 1 in
Stare 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 60 in W 60 in D 1 in
Cup of Tea - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Black Woman Hair
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$360Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 12 in D 1 in
Stare 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$10,275
H 52.37 in W 38.19 in D 1.58 in
Off-White Figurative Painting of a Hand on Canvas
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Exclusive piece made for the on-going exhibition in Knokke, Belgium, Timeless Remnants. Chidy Wayne (b. 1981, Spain) is an artist based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has establi...
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
H 48 in W 36 in D 1 in
Genesis 2 -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Culture Africa Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This striking work explores African cultural identity as both personal and collective memory. Through the interplay of concealment and adornment, it presents the African body as a sa...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$621Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 15.75 in
Gardens of delight 12 - Figurative painting, Birds, Realistic, Vibrant colors
By Magdalena Nałęcz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000
H 48 in W 60 in
"Surrounded By Fuzzy Friends", Human Figure, Bedroom, Stuffed animals, games
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Surrounded By Fuzzy Friends" is a piece by Akira Gordon made from acrylic and oil on canvas. This piece measures 48"h x 60"w unframed. Akira hopes to give black people images that they can relate to in some way without making an overt political statement; instead, showing figures in leisure, doing the mundane and the ordinary. She finds the most authentic way to do this is through self-portraiture and referencing her experiences. She uses herself as a reference for her paintings because she believes examining your own life is important. Her artworks delve into the complex emotions associated with her struggle to transition into adulthood while clinging to the familiarity of "childish" things. It's an introspective journey, an attempt to reconcile the inevitability of growing up with the desire to preserve the youthful spirit that continues to reside within her. Akira Gordon, a Philadelphia-born painter and recent graduate of the University of the Arts, is a captivating artist driven by a passion for contemporary art and self-portraiture. Inspired by Kerry James Marshall and Sasha Gordon...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,850
H 50 in W 72 in D 1 in
Yellow Bag -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Neo-Expression, Car, Modern
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist May...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
amaka Beauty
By REWA
Located in New Orleans, LA
REWA says of her work… Viewers largely label me under “Contemporary African Art”. I label my work as Igbo Vernacular Art. The reason for this is that I believe that I have created a...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic