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Anton Vrede was born in Willemstad, Curacao in 1953 and moved to the Netherlands in 1961 and for several years he lived in Leiden. From 1971 till 1977 he studied art at the Willem de Kooning Akademie in Rotterdam together with Frank Dam, Jos Looise and Willem van Veldhuizen. His work consists of drawings, bronze statues, graphics, painting, etching, silkscreening and illustration, and his work is widely represented within the art collections of banks, foundations, ministries and hospitals.
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Anton Vrede describes his work as an osmosis between abstract-expressionistic and romantic figurative. Anton Vrede aims for a repositioning or relocation of reality controlled by his own world. The figurative aspects within his work need to maintain visible. The use of mainly light and bright tones within his work, reflect his Caribbean roots. Within his work he often shows animals; pink elephants floating by, parrots and hornbills will stand back to back with raised beaks, cats and tigers sneak around. The animals, humans and objects nearly ever represent their actual values for Anton Vrede. A human can reflect the bestial and the animal can reflect typical human aspects. Animals are frequently stated as an example to show better way of living compared to humans. They accomplish a role and often have a function like personification of human feelings. An animal is able to express and to project power, protection or fear. The self-evident ways in which these meanings interchange become stronger due to the overlapping color-fields and entangled lines within his work. This method of working is has become typical Anton Vrede signature.
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