What is Armando (artist)?
[[File:Armando, geboren als Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd.jpg|thumb|Armando in 2012]] '''Armando'''<ref>{{cite book| last = Armando| title = From Berlin| publisher = Hushion House|date=August 1997| isbn = 978-0-948462-87-0}}</ref> (18 September 1929 – 1 July 2018), born '''Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd''', was a Dutch painter, sculptor and writer. He was born in [[Amsterdam]]. In 1958 he was one of the founding members of the Nederlandse Informele Groep (Informelen). His first solo exhibition was at the [[Galerie Le Canard]], Amsterdam, in 1954. At this time he also started to write [[poetry]]. He was influenced by the [[COBRA (avant-garde movement)|CoBrA]] art group. In 2007, he retired following an art museum fire that destroyed most of his work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/news/1324371/10/rss/Armandomuseum_verliest_63_schilderijen.html |title=Armandomuseum verliest 63 schilderijen &#124; nu.nl/algemeen &#124; Het laatste nieuws het eerst op |publisher=Nu.nl |access-date=2013-07-18 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Armando died on 1 July 2018 in [[Berlin]] at the age of 88.<ref>[https://nos.nl/artikel/2239406-grenzeloos-veelzijdige-kunstenaar-armando-88-overleden.html Grenzeloos veelzijdige kunstenaar Armando (88) overleden] {{in lang|nl}}</ref> ==Honours== *1990 - Knight of the [[Order of Oranje-Nassau]] *2006 - Knight of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]] *2009 - The Honorary medal for Arts and Science of the [[Order of the House of Orange]]<ref>[[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]], 10 december 2009</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Armando}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch painters]] [[Category:Dutch sculptors]] [[Category:Artists from Amsterdam]] [[Category:Writers from Amsterdam]]