Fred Klein

Friedrich Franz Albert Klein (8 April 1898 – 25 April 1990), known as Fred Klein, was a Dutch painter who spent much of his life in France. Klein was born on 8 April 1898 in Bandung, Dutch East Indies (present-day, Indonesia). In 1903, aged 5, Klein's family moved to the Netherlands. He lived and worked in France beginning in 1920. His style was somewhat akin to Impressionism. A figurative painter of landscapes, he had exhibitions starting in 1930. He is known for his frequent depiction of horses and dreamy beach scenes. Dutch critics admired his work as did French ones, who often compared him to Odilon Redon. "[Klein] starts from a dream of colors from which the motif gradually takes shape. Notwithstanding he still reverts to reality with this, albeit a dreamed up reality," one review concluded.