Cornelis (Kees) Andrea (3 February 1914 in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

– 7 July 2006 in The Hague) was a Dutch artist. He was a member of the

Pulchri Studio Pulchri Studio (Latin:"For the study of beauty") is a Dutch art society, art institution and art studio based in The Hague ('s-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This institute began in 1847 at the home of painter Lambertus Hardenberg. Since 1893 the c ...

in The Hague, and member of the Verve group. Primarily a

graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, p ...

, he also worked in

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s. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the

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. He was married to the

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

Matty Naezer and was the father of the artist Pat Andrea.

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Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Kees Andrea).Kees Andréa artworks (paintings, watercolours, drawings), biography, information and signatures
1914 births 2006 deaths Dutch artists Artists from The Hague Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Netherlands-artist-stub