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This beautiful drawing in charcoal is by the famous painter Phocas Fokkens, who was a student of Jan Toorop.
He studied at the Antwerp Academy of Arts from 1908-1911, where he was taught by Julian de Vriendt.
After his studies he worked in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges and Paris and settled in Blaricum after 1936.
He was a member and co-founder of the Independents (with Paul Citroën, Piet Mondriaan and Jan Sluijter as members).
In 1923 the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam held an important exhibition of his works.
In 1954 he also made 41 portraits of participating chess grandmasters during the Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam.
This drawing corresponds to the beautiful style
of drawing these portraits (see last photo).