Otto B de Kat (1907-1995) - Rozen in een vaas

Otto B. de KAT, painter, watercolourist, draftsman
Otto de Kat was a painter who was influenced by the Haarlem School and the Fauvism of Matisse. He trained at the School for Artistic Crafts in Haarlem, the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam (now Rietveld Academy) and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
De Kat mainly made figures in interiors, still lifes and portraits in his characteristic style. He was also a professor at the National Academy and founder of the Dutch Watercolourists' Circle.
Otto de Kat's work can be found in many
Museums:
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, Singer, Laren, City Gallery Heerlen, Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen, De Wieger, Deurne
Museum Maassluis, Maassluis
Exhibitions:
1978, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem, 1984, Singer Museum Laren
1989, Museum Henriette Polak Zutphen,1992, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem,2002,Frans Hals Museum Haarlem,2008, Museum De Fundatie Zwolle

This painting is included in the catalog raisonné of his work in the RKD in The Hague under number: 565
(National Institute for Art Historical Documentation)