Kees Verkade

Korstiaan "Kees" Verkade (12 October 1941 – 29 December 2020) was a Dutch artist and sculptor. He specialized in modeling the human form, with an emphasis on movement and emotion. Most of his sculptures are set in bronze. They depict a variety of people, including children, clowns, athletes, dancers, mothers, and lovers. Verkade also created gouaches and silkscreens to accompany his sculptures.

Biography

Early life Kees Verkade was born on 12 October 1941 in Haarlem. He wished to attend the Gerrit Rietveld Academie but was rejected.

Personal life He moved to Monaco in the late 1970s. In 1979 he married Baroness Ludmila von Falz-Fein, the daughter of the Liechtensteiner sportsman Eduard von Falz-Fein. He died there on 29 December 2020, aged 79.

Selected works H.S.H. Princess Grace of Monaco (1983) in the Princess Grace Rose Garden, in Fontvieille, Monaco Triomf (1995) in Rotterdam, Netherlands Malizia (1997) a statue of François Grimaldi in Monaco Tightrope Walker (1979), Columbia University, New York City