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Erwin de Vries
Person · male · Suriname · Paramaribo · born 1929 · died 2018 · recording since 2003
Surinamese artist (1929-2018)
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 7◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Wie
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography145 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1343001651
Biography
Erwin de Vries (21 December 1929 – 31 January 2018) was a Surinamese painter and sculptor.
De Vries was born in Paramaribo, and is the half-brother of Henry Lucien de Vries, who served as governor of Suriname from 1965 until 1967. Wim Bos Verschuur, his art teacher, convinced his parents to send him to the Netherlands to further his education. He studied at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague and at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. De Vries's first exhibition was in 1948 in Paramaribo. His work has since been displayed at the Stedelijk Museum and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. He is the designer of the Nationaal Monument Slavernijverleden in Amsterdam. De Vries has also exhibited a great deal in Jamaica; there he became acquainted with the work of Barrington Watson, whose erotically charged paintings matched his own in tone.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 58:03
1Ken altied3:482Wachten op de lente4:083De dreum4:094Dicht bie hoes4:185Show4:416Weemoud4:537Wie3:508Oldambt4:009Vlak stukje mens3:1410Houlaank3:1911Hereboer 20004:2112De verandering3:5213Deniek4:0014Deurgoan5:302009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
1Doe2Blief nou3Moeke laif4Boer en ondernemer5Mien laid6Vandoage7Kontje kermis8Ik kom weer9Tussen Schanse en Stad10De raais11Dizze wereld12Oompie Jan13Mooi14Veur aaltied soamen2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
1Op zuik2Grunniger wicht3Maffiosa4Plan noord5Loops6Ik ben de man7Nije morn8Het bewies9Thoes10Wanneer11Zeikenhoes2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 59:20
1Dank allegro3:532Isis Annalief4:433Leef t leven3:414De reetjes van t Emergobos4:535Wind3:296Lös4:247Niks is minder woar4:168Veur Maaike3:149Nooit te loat3:0910Schuldgevuil5:4211Geld4:0012Blief4:0413Wir haben es nicht gewußt5:5814Weekend3:54De tocht van de noakende zunderling
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:27
1Ende veurbie4:462Jorus4:223Oterdum3:064Merel4:135Mis die4:276De tocht van de noakende zunderling4:067Hai griept die3:248Dicht tegen mie aan5:149Noakend3:3110Ooit4:0511Run3:0312Laifde4:102016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:05
1Prachteg Grunnen3:062Dissident3:493Lözze grond5:284Woar doe van holdst3:385Frits4:066Wanneer is de nacht ooit stil3:217Dicht bie mie3:328Vrij laand3:559Kapsalon Anita3:3710De allermooiste bainen van beem3:4111Bemui die4:5012Dansen mit de dood3:4013Keurege hoeskes3:0914Maria5:132021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 56:41
1Wat mout ik doun3:022Laifdelang veur die3:543Veenkolonioal3:294Komt weer goud4:185Mooie minsen3:276Bange3:217Feestweek3:218Verloren haart4:069Veen5:3810Zummer in Oost Grunnen3:2411Toun kwamst doe4:1812Feest3:1113Manasse4:0714Sowaah3:5715Antwoord3:08
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Erwin de Vries head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 15 | 35.8th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erwin_de_Vries.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/24f0f6f2-07aa-44c8-8a79-0de0f10de7ebdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/24f0f6f2-07aa-44c8-8a79-0de0f10de7ebmbid—musicbrainz-search · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/24f0f6f2-07aa-44c8-8a79-0de0f10de7ebcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3216137seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_de_Vriesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_de_Vries
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Image: We El at Dutch Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3216137 · MusicBrainz: 24f0f6f2-07aa-44c8-8a79-0de0f10de7eb