Marlene Dumas was born on 3 August 1953 and is a South African artist and painter currently based in the Netherlands.
13 Facts About Marlene Dumas
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Marlene Dumas began painting in 1973 and showed her political concerns and reflections on her identity as a white woman of Afrikaans descent in South Africa.
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Marlene Dumas studied art at the University of Cape Town from 1972 to 1975, and then at Ateliers '63 in Haarlem, which is located in Amsterdam.
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Marlene Dumas studied psychology at the University of Amsterdam in 1979 and 1980.
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Marlene Dumas often uses reference material of polaroid photographs of her friends and lovers, whilst she references magazines and pornographic material.
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Marlene Dumas paintings are seen as portraits but they do not represent people but an emotional state that one could be in.
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Marlene Dumas uses loose brushstrokes to add distortion but great detail to her art.
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Marlene Dumas's subjects range from new born babies, models, strippers, and many figures from popular culture.
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Marlene Dumas taught at the Academie voor Beeldende Vorming in Tilburg, Academie voor Kunst en Industrie in Enschede, Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, and De Ateliers in Amsterdam.
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Marlene Dumas' work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Dordrechts Museum.
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Marlene Dumas's work was included in the 2022 exhibition Women Painting Women at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
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Marlene Dumas was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp.
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Marlene Dumas holds degrees from the University of Cape Town, from Ateliers 63 in Haarlem and the Institute of Psychology, University of Amsterdam.