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Bram van Velde

Geburtstag: 19. Oktober 1895
Todesdatum: 28. Dezember 1981

Bram van Velde war ein niederländischer Maler.

Bram van Velde ist der ältere Bruder des Malers Geer van Velde .

1922 verbrachte er zwei Jahre in der deutschen Malerkolonie Worpswede.

1937 schloss er Freundschaft mit Samuel Beckett.

1964 nahm er an der documenta 3 in Kassel teil.

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„To be true, you have to take the plunge, to touch bottom. But most people want to be in control. They fear the worst. You can’t control anything. What you have to do is let yourself be taken over… All the paintings I have made, I was compelled to make. You must never force yourself.“

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— Bram van Velde

„Van Gogh… In this world of petty calculations, he was too intense. He frightened people. They cast him out.“

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— Bram van Velde
two quotes, 16 July 1970; p. 77

„Oh Baudelaire… He used to be enormously important to me. It's thanks to him that I was able to get through the war [in Paris, during 1940 – 1945 Van Velde had a long and painful break, with only a few paintings he finished]. A true loyal mind without hypocrisy. The most universal spirit. The greatest Frenchman. I have always been much less interested in painters [than Baudelaire - a great surprise to hear for Charles Juliet the interviewer].“

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— Bram van Velde
14 September 1967; p. 66

„When you cross any border there is always an uneasy moment when you feel yourself automatically an enemy. Artists don’t belong to any group or country… When you are living the truth, the world no longer exists, events become unimportant. But the way of truth is not easy…. if you are on the side of truth, you have no power. That’s why you are always defeated. The power, all the power, is on the side of the world… I have been completely absorbed in my adventure. No country, no family, no ties. I didn’t exist anymore. I just had to press on.“

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— Bram van Velde
2 April 1967; p. 63

„Art is not for the personal satisfaction of one or the other, but art wants to return all what’s in life… Art wants to give back everything what’s in our lives. The more comprehensive the artist stands in life the more powerful his work will speak, and therefore a work of art is a measure of the mental size of his creator.“

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— Bram van Velde
Letter to H. E. Kramer, 25-10-1926, as quoted in: Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger, Deurne 1994, p. 44 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans)

„I'm now in a big working period, which takes me up so much that hardly anything of me remains. I have never been strong in theories and this becomes worse and worse. My work should give me satisfaction, and that is about life and death… Several paintings full of life and beauty arose again and give me the courage and joy to proceed on the road. There are also several paintings in which I am involved for less than half, discharges in a short time, which have existence for a while, but will not reach shaping.“

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— Bram van Velde
Letter to H. E. Kramer, 28-07-1929, as quoted in: Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger, Deurne 1994 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans)