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Marlene Dumas
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South African painter and draftsperson (born 1953)
OverviewAI-generated
Marlene Dumas is a female visual artist and painter born in 1953 in Cape Town. She holds citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and South Africa. Her professional career began in 1973, and she is associated with contemporary art. Dumas works in painting, erotic art, portrait, nude, figure painting, and genre art. She has been educated at De Ateliers and the University of Amsterdam.
Dumas resides in Kuils River and Amsterdam, having also worked in Haarlem. She speaks Dutch, Afrikaans, and English. Her works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and has participated in documenta 7 and Documenta IX. Her notable works include *Against the wall* and *Het onverantwoordelijke gebaar - of ga terug naar waar jij vandaan komt*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Marlene Dumas Md
- Marurēne Dyumasu
- Marlene Dumas: Female Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Helsinki (20.08. - 2.10.2005)
- Against the wall
- Het onverantwoordelijke gebaar - of ga terug naar waar jij vandaan komt
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Screwed — Party girl2018
- The Future Is Now! — The Artist2011
- Kunststof TV2008
- Miss Interpreted — Marlene Dumas1997
- Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation — Marlene Dumas
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- 3 August 1953 , Cape Town , South Africa
- Education
- University of Cape Town Ateliers '63 , Haarlem University of Amsterdam
- Known for
- Painting
- Partner
- Jan Andriesse
- Awards
- Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts (2011)
- Website
- marlenedumas .nl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marlene
- Family name
- Dumas
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Amsterdam
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta IX
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Genre
- religious art
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Official website
- www.marlenedumas.nl
- Image
- Marlene Dumas.jpg
- Work location
- Cape Town
- Residence
- Amsterdam
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- has works in the collection
- Sprengel Museum
- copyright representative
- Marlene Dumas
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- Commons category
- Marlene Dumas
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Marlene Dumas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
Dumas currently lives and works in the Netherlands and is one of the country's most prolific artists.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marlene Dumas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.