FRITS van EEDEN was born in Tilburg, Holland, in March 1944. A short time later his family moved to and settled in the city of The Hague, on the North Sea coast of Holland.

Frits attended the Free School (Vrijeschool) in The Hague where the opportunity was presented for stimulating his creative mind as indicated by his interest and ability.

After the Free School, because of early-discovered dyslexia, he began study with private teachers, one of them Ed Strelitski.
Strelitski, who was a graduate of the Hague Academy, in turn, introduced him to Theo Bitter, Wim Beuning, Bram Roth, Derek Bus, and Jan Goeting, all major names in the art world at that time. Goeting was kind enough to allow Frits to work in his studio for a time. All of these artists were members of the Pulchri Studio and through them Fritswas invited to membership in Pulchri following four years study at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.

He became a working member of the Pulchri Studio in 1969, for both sculpting and painting, and was the first member to be admitted in more than one discipline. This useful crossing of techniques reveals itself today in the 3-D quality of his paintings.

After participating in group- and one man shows through Europe he started showing regularly in the Pulchri Studio, one of the most prestigeous exhibit venues in Northern Europe.

About that same time the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work (CRM) provided a stipendium to study the work of Henry Moore in England. This influence of Moore shows up in Frits' work even today.

During a trip to the USA, Frits was interested to see that the quality of work done by students at Harvard University, near Boston, was similar to that being done at Academy-level in Europe and England.

At this point, Frits started his semi-annual visits to Florida, where, in 1979 he entered a juried competition at the Artist Forum of the Brevard Art Center and Museum in Melbourne. His work, two life-size sculptures won Best-of-Show, the award being a one-man exhibit at the Museum. Frits is the second of few artists to be given one-man showsthere.

Through a grant from the State Department of the State of Florida, Frits served as Artist-in-Residence and a major instructor at the Brevard Art Center and Museum for several years.

Frits has participated in about eighty single and group shows over 40 years including Florida and Arkansas in the USA, and Singapore.