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David van der LindenDare to Dream- 21st Century Contemporary Figure Painting of a Nude Boy 2022
2022
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This painting was 1stDibs curator Brooke Wise's number 1 favorite. She called it: a more tender and revealed version of David Hockney's 82 portraits and a still life.
A beautiful compliment for our artist, David van der Linden!
'Dare to Dream'
100 x 100 cm
Oil on canvas
David van der Linden is a Dutch artist who studied at the ' Classical Academy of Arts' in Groningen. He also went to St Petersburg in Russia to study at the "Imperial Academy of Arts'. There he got overwhelmed by the possibilities to work with color in skin tones. He likes to paint in warm color to show the heat off skin tones in summer light or the cold tones of skin in winter light. He mostly paints young boys during their period of 'becoming a man'. The wondering about their bodies and the bodies of others. Boys can be beautiful and proud, they also can be beautiful and unsure about who they are and what they want to show off themselves.
The artist about this painting:
I like to work with this boy and model.
Sitting in front of me he tells me his story. Watching away from me, and thinking about what's going on in his life, what's going on at all, and what it is worth living for. Just like, as the title of the song where I got the quote from, says, what all the (young) dudes do.
I like to paint skin, the nude. This young man fascinated me since we met. Very eager and always 'an open book'.
The way he his modeling tells a story, confidence, warmth, being and friendship.
He is nude and shows me, that there is nothing to hide, I am what I am and I am fine with it.
In his paintings David tells a story, his own story portrayed by boys who are on the turning point from childhood to adolescence. The titles of the paintings are titles of David Bowie's songs. For David, Bowie's songs during the period when he himself was the age of the models he now paints were 'daily fare'. The music and lyrics are often about making your own choices, being yourself, being 'different' or shaping yourself the way you want and not the way others would like you.
'Nude' in David's paintings is not only 'a hymn to youth' but also the equivalent of 'being yourself and showing who you are too'. The attitude, gaze and composition in the work together tell the story that the viewer can fill in himself.
21 Paintings by David were published in 'Your Daily Male' in 2021, 2022 and 2024. An International calendar in which art with men in the leading role is central. Paintings by David are now in collections all over the world.
We ship worldwide for free in a custom made wooden box like you can see on the last picture. If there is need for additional information, feel free to contact us.
- Creator:David van der Linden (1968, Dutch)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Nuenen, NL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1099110501062
David van der Linden
David van der Linden is born in the south of Holland. He studied art at the 'Classical Academy of Arts' in Groningen. During his study h weent for a Scholarship to St Petersburg where he studied at the' Imperial Academy of Arts' in the 'Repin Workshop'. After his graduation in 2019 his paintings all where sold, so a good start for him as an artist. In the first year (before Covid ended the art fairs) his work was on ' The Affordable Art Fair' in Amsterdam. His work was published in 2020 en 2021 in 'Your Daily Male Calendar'. David van der Linden had exhibitions: Groningen 2019 'Pictura' Nuenen, 2019, 2020, 2021 Galerie Bonnard
Amsterdam, 2019, 2020 Affordable Art Fair His paintings so far are sold worldwide and part of collections in the USA, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Belgium.
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