Ria Exel - TWO (2) beautiful 1960s Etching & Aquatint Abstract scenes - signed - Sold

• TWO (2) beautiful graphic works by the artist Ria Exel, who is considered to be part of the "New Hague School". An Aquatint & etching on paper and a large Woodcut, signed and numbered in pencil (Epr. d'Artiste), dated to the late 1960s. In good condition (the Woodcut is somewhat creased on the left side)

This artwork can be well packed and shipped by registered mail at the buyer's expense.



Ria (Maria Geertruida Elisabeth) van Klaveren - Exel was born on 11 May 1915 in Rotterdam and died on 19 -03- 1985 in The Hague. Her mother had Irish ancestors who worked in shipping and her father was a history teacher and writer and came from Duisburg. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.
She worked in Rotterdam, The Hague and Paris. Made study trips to Italy and Switzerland in Basel and Zurich.
During the war she worked on resistance publications, which was not without consequences. At that time she provided illustrations for an edition of stories by the poet RM Rilke. From 1952 to 1958 she was a teacher at the Royal Academy in The Hague. In 1959 she won the Edinburgh Prize for her etchings. Ria Exel was a versatile artist, who became known mainly for her etchings, drawings and illustrations, but who also made tapestries, sculptures and paintings.
Various exhibitions at home and abroad, including in the Posthoorn and galleries in Rotterdam, Leiden and Amsterdam. Outside the Netherlands, she was on display in the Collective exhibition together with Paul Citroen, Jenny Dalenoord in Brussels (Benelux House) in 1958 and in 1959 in Berlin together with Kees Andréa, Paul Citroen, Jenny Dalenoord.
Member of the Hague Art Circle and the Posthoorn group.
Mentioned in the Scheen and in the Jacobs.