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Francien Krieg
Netherlands
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Artist highlights
- Prizewinner
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Linen
- Other details : Artwork on metal. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 59.1x31.5in
About this artwork
In this painting, I sought to capture the serene defiance of aging. This elderly figure, nestled within the sturdy embrace of an ancient tree, symbolizes resilience and wisdom accrued over time. Her contemplative pose amid the twilight hues manifests a poignant blend of vulnerability and strength. She is looking down in the world below her with great sadness.
Francien Krieg
Netherlands
Credentials
- Prizewinner
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« My work captures the beauty, the power and the vulnerability of the human condition. »
Francien Krieg is a Dutch painter whose work explores the human body as a place where time, vulnerability, strength and uncertainty become visible.
For many years, she was known for her paintings of aging female bodies, questioning conventional ideas of beauty, shame and visibility. In recent years, her focus has widened. She now paints young men, boxers, floating figures, sleeping bodies and adolescents caught between childhood and adulthood.
Krieg is interested in the body not as an ideal form, but as something fragile, strange and honest. Her paintings often show people when the mask begins to slip: a boxer after the fight, a boy floating in water, a figure resting, withdrawing, resisting or giving in.
Her work moves between tenderness and discomfort, beauty and unease. Her painting process has also become more direct and colourful, with a growing use of alla prima painting that brings immediacy, risk and energy into the surface.
For many years, she was known for her paintings of aging female bodies, questioning conventional ideas of beauty, shame and visibility. In recent years, her focus has widened. She now paints young men, boxers, floating figures, sleeping bodies and adolescents caught between childhood and adulthood.
Krieg is interested in the body not as an ideal form, but as something fragile, strange and honest. Her paintings often show people when the mask begins to slip: a boxer after the fight, a boy floating in water, a figure resting, withdrawing, resisting or giving in.
Her work moves between tenderness and discomfort, beauty and unease. Her painting process has also become more direct and colourful, with a growing use of alla prima painting that brings immediacy, risk and energy into the surface.
Francien Krieg
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