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Corné Akkers

Corné Akkers

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Artist of oil paintings, pastels and drawings. Forging cubism, impressionism & surrealism. Visit my website https://www.corneakkers.com

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Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 17h

Neo Deco – 15-01-24

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Oil on linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 1d

Homage to Eugène Durieu’s Seated Nude – 02-08-22

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Oil on linen (70 x 100 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 6d

Portrait of Princess Wilhelmina (Tribute to Thérèse Schwartze) - 23-08-24

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Pastel on paper (47 x 62 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artinvestment #artcollector #impressionism #realism #interiordecoration #artcurator #posterdesign #artcollection #pastel

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 7d

The Ooij Polder (2013)

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Oil paint on wood panel (54.5 x 67 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artinvestment #artcollector #impressionism #realism #interiordecoration #artcurator #posterdesign #artcollection #artprint #pointillism #oil #oilpainting #ooijpolder

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 12d

The Court Pond (De Hofvijver) - 07-04-17

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Drawing on paper (21 x 29.7 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artinvestment #pencildrawing #artprint #artcollector #artcollection #thehague #denhaag #cubism #interiordesign

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 18d

Roundism 04-07-17

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Drawing (Pentel 0.5 mm, 3B) on Strathmore Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artcuration #artinvestment #artcollector #artadvisory #artprint #roundism #cubism #femaleform #graphitedrawing #art

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 20d

Berg en Dal 01 (2014) (Sold)

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Pastel on paper (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#bergendal #gelderland #expressionism #impressionism #treescape #Pastel #interiordesign #artcollector #artinvestment #artcuration #artadvisory #LuxuryInteriors

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 23d

Paris 24 – 04-07-24

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Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#paris #ArtDeco #artdecointerior #artdecostyle #pastel #pastelart #femaleform #artprint #art #Kunst

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · 25d

Elysian Fields – 15-09-25

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Drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 cm - A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#ubbergen #beek #gelderland #impressionism #landscapeart #cubism #elephants #graphitedrawing #graphite #pencildrawing #wallart #posterdesign

Impressionism Meets Surrealism

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Elysian Fields – 15-09-25’ combines impressionism with a bit of surrealism. Two elephants in the back and why not? Perhaps the scenery needed some excitement. Foremost, this place holds special significance for me. Back in 2008 I made an oil painting under the same name. It must have been ages ago since I visit the place for the first time. That was back in the 70s together with my parents. The name ‘ Elysian Fields’ does justice to the place: meadows of pure tranquility amidst forests against hill slopes. If you ever visit Nijmegen, promise me you will visit this place as well.

Repoussoirs and Contrast

Some weeks ago I went for a walk up there. Farther to the right in the back you can follow a path to the Natte Beek. There I drew some cows with view on Persingen’s little church. Obviously, at least to me, that was the first drawing I would like to make. Second was this view on these fields, coming from the Ravenberg. These kinds of views with some tree branches serving as repoussoirs are the best. Actually, when you’re standing over there it’s quite boring from an artistic point of view. Indeed, you can look around and see beauty in each and every direction. However, it’s a lot of grass indeed. Therefor, contrast is what I’m looking for. Basically one thing supplements another: darkness and light, thin lines against massive structures, etc. Now you know what drives me the most.

Dutch Elephants

The elephants have become something special to me. First appearing in my drawing ‘The Last of the Dutch Elephants – 12-05-16’ occasionally they return. Not very often though because they are shy. They are also rare. In fact, there aren’t many Dutch elephants around anymore. Certainly not extinct but they more or less carefully choose the moment to show themselves. Who knows, when you quiet down in these surroundings you might be able to see them yourself eventually.

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Sep 12

Strelitzia (2007)

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Oil paining on wood panel (54 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#strelitzia #stilllife #oilpainting #oil #blue #orange #artdeco #ArtdecoInterior #wallart #surrealism

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Sep 9

Beek - 08-09-25

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Graphite pencil drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 cm - A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#ubbergen #beek #gelderland #impressionism #landscapeart #cubism #cows #graphitedrawing #graphite #pencildrawing #wallart #posterdesign

Cows

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Beek – 08-09-25’ combines cubism with atmospheric depth. Cows, trees and a lovely view over the Ooijpolder. In the back on the right is the church of Persingen. On my last trip to Beek-Ubbergen I went to the so-called ‘Natte Beek’. It’s a small area glued to the hillside of Berg en Dal. The farm with the same name appeared as a drawing shortly hereafter. Somehow I was intrigued by the place. Not least because of cows grazing the grass in a meadow on the left as you walk up the road. Then I remembered how fun it was to draw them. Why not look them up and see what I could do? Upon my word, there they were again. Typical Limousiin cows and they contrasted the darker trees in the background perfectly! Possibly the best series of pictures I took last Saturday.

Power Lines

You see, I took extra care of capturing them into a perfect frame in which they would align with eachother. This way I had a great styled set-up already. Persingen is in the back. There were also three treescape structures in the foreground. A pine on the left, in the middle some kind of willow and brambleberry bushes on the right. Basically, I had to layer the whole scenery. The trees served as repoussoirs against the Ooijpolder whereas the cows contrasts those trees behind them. Foremost, I wanted to draw the cows with sturdy lines. In fact, I like this thing that I found: harsh power lines revealing the overall structure. They guide the viewer through the drawing. Especially in this drawing I think they serve their purpose also to create aforementioned atmospheric depth. A great experiment I loved to do.

Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Canson Bristol paper (21 x 29,7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Neo Deco – 27-08-25

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Oil on portrait linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#printableart #printables #art #neodeco #cubism #cubisme
#oil #painting #neodeco #artdeco #chiaroscuro #clairobscur #print #poster #chiaroscuro #paintings #deco

A Culmination

This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 27-08-25’ is the result of 13 previous graphite pencil drawings of Assia Granatouroff. Finally colour has touched her sweet features. With this painting I want to offer the viewer a 5-course meal experience from the perspective of color. Just like in the last painting I forged the color scheme with uttter care and precision. Surely, I didn’t want colors flying out of control. Apparently, they often do and no exception this time.

Overcoming Troubles with Colors

Last Sunday I was attending to an exhibition of artwork by Floris Verster in the Lakenhal, Leiden. There I read he was praised by art critics because of his innovative flower still lifes. On the other hand he was constantly suffering a lot during the process of creating them. That’s exactly how I felt at this very moment. Unfortunately, that is what we artists have to cope with each time. However, I have gone through this before and I know I have to keep my head cool and study what went wrong. The problem lies in either the quantity of base colors or their respective quality. Johannes Itten often speaks of qualitative / quantitative contrasts.

Wu Wei

After careful reconsiderations I decided many colors were too strong (saturation). Next to this, I found yellow to become too dominant in the highlights. So I almost cancelled all the yellow and took care of tuning down many saturated colors. The fun part is that, as in the case in last painting, forms already were perfect. The only care was to match a suiting color scheme. When that’s accomplished all things fell into place. That was today and even to my surprize. It was only last Monday I said to one of my students I had to work on the painting for a long time. This is how it goes: Wu Wei and before you know it …

Oil on portrait linen (60 x 80 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Louise Brooks – 02-09-25

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Drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm - A4 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#louisebrooks #moviestar #flapper #surrealism #actress #cubism #portrait #graphitedrawing #graphite #pencildrawing #wallart #posterdesign

A Mixture of Styles
This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 02-09-25’ is a mixture of surrealism, cubist styling and
art deco. Louise, two cats and an elephant combined. And why not? Even though I don’t think of her
daily once in a while she re-enters my mind. The first time I drew her was back in 2014. The next to
last was almost a year ago. Now I have put one Assia drawing into oil I feel I have to move on and do
new projects. What else could be conducive to walking to new artistic horizons than being led by Ms.
Brooks, wouldn’t you think?
Some Mysterious Wanting
Lately I feel my cubist style is turning into a new direction. A bit more realistic and I have written
about this already some time ago. Somehow I see my eyes are drawn to combining power lines with
smooth tonal gradients. Aforementioned oil and my last drawing ‘Neo Deco – 19-08-25’ are proof of
that, I’d say. To where this all will lead I surely don’t know. Maybe there will be some major mishaps
coming my way but we cross that bridge when we come to it. Anway, some mysterious wanting has
taken hold of me. One that pushes me to investigate a certain kind of contrast. That’s between
powerful linear structures and weaker but quantitatively bigger and softer planes.
Two Cats and an Elephant
As to this drawing, I found some great and charming contour delineations, especially in and around
her arms. I decided to enforce them and have them stand on their own from a tonal point of view.
Next to this, I threw in two cats and an elephant. No idea if she liked cats and I don’t mind. They are
as egnimatic as Louise herself.

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 29

Neo Deco - 10-08-25

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Graphite pencil (Faber Castell, Pitt Graphite Matt, 14B) drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x
0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

A Mixture of Styles

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Sans Titre – 16-08-25’ depicts french actress Marion Cotillard. Captured in a mixture of cubism, impressionism and art deco. Strange how something turns out to become. Initially I had it in me to apply some more cubist styling such as in my Veronica Lake sketch. However, I simply loved the play of chiaroscuro light and dark too much. There was this beautiful photo of MS Cotillard I was inspired by. Unfortunately the picture didn’t state the photographer. The position I thought I could improve a bit though. You see, I wanted to have her lean over more towards the right. AI is getting smarter day by day and I thought I’d run the photo through it. Not the first time since I did that a couple of times before. Last time was a new Geesje Kwak back in May of this year.

Clean Lines and Soft Gradients

The flowery dress wasn’t my first choice as well. Patterns like that are a bit too restless for my taste and I very much wanted to abstract a lot. Therefor I decided to depict her in an opaque looking dress. AI even got most of the shadows right this time, even though changing the position of body. The fun part was to both cubist style her as well asto create a rather realist / impressionist look. All in all, I must say I’m quite surprized by the result. The power lines I drew support parts containing much softer tonal gradients such as facial features. The Fabriano Ingres paper proved itself perfect for the job. It’s grainy but rather sturdy. Unlike the fluffy Hahnemühle variety it allows drawing straight and harsh lines into the paper without damaging it.

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 29

Neo Deco - 19-08-25

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Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #graphitepencil #art #monochrome #vintage #artcollector #artcollection #interiordesign #artprint #graphite #pencil #nude #drawing #femaleform

Something Special

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 19-08-25’ is something special. A cubist yet impressionist appearance that begun as an experiment indeed. My last drawing of Assia was inspired by a photo from the 1930s. However, this time I thought I’d run Assia through AI. Simply have her move near a wall casting shadows on it. The result was astonishing really! AI wasn’t that great a couple of years back, mistreating fingers and feet horribly. It gets better and better though. Lately I put it to work on my mockups of my artworks who on themselves are AI generated as well. The outcome is viewers and possible art collectors being able to interpret my works in a virtual room. Actual yet animated people present my drawings and paintings to the world in those short movies.

AI as a Worktool

Somehow I can’t help thinking of my former esteemed colleague Humphrey Brugman. He always told not to resist new developments. They come into our lifes, whether we like it or not. There was been a lot of discussion on AI lately. As always, also with the introduction of the internet or the mobile phone, people are sceptic and even scared by this new thing. Already two and a half years back I wrote in an art statement AI is a sort of Heineken Beer. Not a real great specific taste but an average tasting beer. In fact, it averages out basically everything that’s out there. As such, it is becoming just a daily tool like it is was intented to be in the first place. Something similar to the internet and soon to be followed up by quantum computing, I guess.

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sans Titre – 16-08-25

Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x
0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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#graphitedrawing #pencildrawing #cubism #neodeco #artdeco #femaleform #artprint #homedecor #marioncotillard

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Neo Deco - 10-08-25

Graphite pencil (Faber Castell, Pitt Graphite Matt, 14B) drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x
0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

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#graphitedrawing #pencildrawing #cubism #neodeco #artdeco #femaleform #artprint #homedecor

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Neo Deco - 21-07-25

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Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #graphitepencil #art #monochrome #vintage #artcollector #artcollection #interiordesign #artprint #graphite #pencil #nude #drawing #femaleform

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Neo Deco - 17-07-25

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Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #graphitepencil #art #monochrome #vintage #artcollector #artcollection #interiordesign #artprint #graphite #pencil #nude #drawing #femaleform

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Neo Deco – 04-08-25

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Pencil (Faber Castell, Pitt Graphite Matt, 14B) drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artprint #wallart #cubism #artdeco #graphite #pencildrawing #femaleform #neodeco #vintageart #homedecor

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Aug 6

Meyendel - 20-12-15

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Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (50 x 65 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#meyendel #pastel #pastelart #cubism #artprint #Colorful #homeinterior #wallart

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Jul 30

Neo Deco - 28-07-25

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Drawing on Fabriano Ingres paper (21 x 28.2 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#cubism #graphitepencil #art #monochrome #vintage #artcollector #artcollection #interiordesign #artprint #graphite #pencil #nude #drawing #femaleform

Light and Fluffier

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Neo Deco – 28-07-25’ is lighter and fluffier than last one. Finally, I managed to keep forms open again! Something similar to Neo Deco – 13-07-25. That one I specifically like because it more or less came into existence effortlessly. Lately, I am starting to realize a trained artist has to do less effort. Instead, listen more to his or her inner urges. Last night was a great night because I felt relaxed. Perhaps that has something to do with the fact I already made a lot of drawings this month. So I felt no worries or pressure for that matter. However, there is this dogma that keeps on lingering in my mind: to produce at least one artwork per day. Both my legal disciplinary background as my commercial side are talking here. It can kill spontaneity and creative forces though. My strong side is my handicap.

Some Minor Issues to Solve

There you have it: my state of mind rules the quality of my artworks. This having said, there were some minor issues to solve in this artwork as well. The reference photo I was inspired by was Roger Schall’s. Quite alright and I like the boxy kind of pose of Assia Granatouroff. It lended itself perfectly for abstraction but I did not follow the entire tonal range he captured with his camera. Next to this, the hand resting on her knee wasn’t that pausibly visible. Therefor I drew a well defined pinky. Last but not least, the hair. Assia must have had a bad hair day because her hairdo looked like an exploded head of endive. Very amorphous looking and that’s why I deciced to style it up a bit, structuring more curly waves of hair.

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Jul 29

St-Bavo in Haarlem – 03-10-23

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Drawing (Sakura 0.5 mm, 4B) on Winsor & Newton Bristol board paper (21 x 14.8 x 0.1 cm – A5 format)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#impressionism #ArtPrint #art #artcollection #haarlem #stbavo #graphite #pencildrawing #drawing

Corné Akkers @corneakkers.bsky.social · Jul 23

Frida Kahlo (2020)

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Oil on wood panel (85 x 120 x 2 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers

#artprint #fridakahlo #oilpainting #surrealism #painting #art #kunst