Alongside Piet Mondrian, Albert Fiks is one of the few modernists Amersfoort has produced. Guest curator Onno Maurer portrays the artistic quest of the painter, who died young.
The Amersfoort-based painter Albert Fiks (1908-1945) reached his artistic peak with his cubist and abstract still-life paintings in the 1930-1940 period. Unfortunately, the painter did not grow old. He died of blood poisoning at the age of thirty-seven. Nevertheless, Fiks left behind a versatile oeuvre. From this, curator and Fiks expert Onno Maurer selected works that depict the painter's search for his own style. Together with Renske van der Linde - Beins, Maurer published in 2007 the monograph Albert Fiks - The rediscovery of a versatile talent.
Modernist in Amersfoort
Albert Fiks was born on 14 May 1908 in Elberfeld, Germany, the son of a Dutch father and a German mother. At the age of two, he entered a foster family in Amersfoort after the death of his father. His talent for drawing and painting became apparent early on.
At eighteen, Albert Fiks became a member of the Amersfoort Art Circle and got to know painters Jacob Nieweg, Willem van Dam and Jo Koster, among others. They encouraged him to further develop his talent. The Kunstkring also gave him the opportunity to exhibit.
Fiks is one of the few modernists Amersfoort has produced. He experimented with different styles and then combined them in his own way in his work. With his abstract style, he chose the path of his world-famous fellow townsman Piet Mondrian.