#kees maks

Hartjesdag, literally translated as “Day of Hearts”, was a Dutch festivity celebrated on the third Monday in August in the Dutch areas of Haarlem, Bloemendaal and the Jordaan neighborhood in Amsterdam. After it developed itself into a type of cross-dressing carnival, where men dressed as women, and women dressed as men. During the German occupation in 1943 the Hartjesdag became prohibited, and after the war it eventually became obsolete. Presumptively the dressed lady on this painting is the artist's wife, Cécile Maks-Boas. (source)

Kees Maks - De Hoogeschoolrijder Corrini Vittorio

"A Cat on a Pillow", Kees Maks, 1941. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas , 83 x 71 cm.  

Young Woman - Eliane Petit de la Villéon, n/d Café - Litzco Yamamiya , 2004. Milkshake cigarette - Darren Thompson, 2017 Automat - Edward Hopper, 1927 La Degustation - Lynn Shaler, 1991 Portrait of Nora Mäkinen - Veikko Marttinen, 1947 Whispers and shouts - Miria Melandri, 2014 Dennie at Manitoba's - Vincent Giarrano, n/d In 't nachtcafé - Kees Maks, n/d Cigarette girl - Robert Machy, 1902

Kees Maks - The new dress (1930s)

Kees Maks - Vrijheidsdressuur

Kees Maks - A Spanish dancer