Armando

Armando is the name used by the Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd (Born September 18, 1929. He was born in Amsterdam and studied the History of Art at the University of Amsterdam from 1950. His first solo exhibition was at the Galerie

Armando is the name used by the Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd (Born September 18, 1929. He was born in Amsterdam and studied the History of Art at the University of Amsterdam from 1950. 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 art group, and produced abstract drawings produced with his left hand in the dark. he was also influenced by Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier producing thickly impastoed paintings.

In 1957 he was one of the founder-members of the Nederlandse Informele Groep (Informelen), with the Dutch painters Kees van Bohemen, Jan Henderikse, Henk Peeters, Jan Schoonhoven and others.