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Axel en Helena van der Kraan

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Axel en Helena van der Kraan were a sculptor-duo from the Netherlands, consisting of Axel van der Kraan (born 1949) and Helena van der Kraan-Maazel (1940–2020), active as sculptors and draftsman.[1]

Live and work

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They lived and worked together in Rotterdam since 1987. In 1989, they were awarded the Hendrik Chabot Award. In 1990, at the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, there was a retrospective of their work with sculptors, drawings, and photography.[2]

Helena van der Kraan-Maazel died 14 June 2020 (her 80th birthday) in Rotterdam from cancer.[3] She was described as an artist, who "observed with a concerned look, who recorded her surroundings in noiseless portraits."[4]

According to Henny de Lange, Helena van der Kraan mainly sought with her photography "the beauty of the everyday."[5]

Exhibitions, a selection

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  • 1978. Galerie Espace, Amsterdam.[6]
  • 1989. Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen.[7][8]

Works in public space

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  • 1989, Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk, The Hague
  • 1999, Keteltje, Wormerveer
  • 2006, De Smid, Barendrecht
  • Keteltje in Wormerveer
    Keteltje in Wormerveer
  • Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk
    Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk
  • De Smid, Barendrecht
    De Smid, Barendrecht

References

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  1. ^ Axel en Helena van der Kraan; group / Netherlandish; sculptor, draftsman at rkd.nl, 2015.
  2. ^ Kraan, Axel en Helena van der – Crouwel, Wim (introd.). Axel en Helena van der Kraan. Ruimtelijk werk/Sculpture. Tekeningen/Drawings. Fotografie/Photography, Rotterdam: Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, 1990.
  3. ^ Gitte Brugman, "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan overleden", Leeuwarder Courant, 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ Toef Jaeger. "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan observeerde met een betrokken blik", NRC.nl, 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ Henny de Lange."Helena van der Kraan zoekt de schoonheid van het alledaagse," Trouw, 11 juni 2005
  6. ^ "Twee objecten van Axel en Helena van der Kraan: Wassende Vrouw en Zwangere Vrouw," De Volkskrant. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1978/04/21.
  7. ^ Aad Kruijning. "SCHROOTKUNST VAN DE VAN DER KRAANS," De Telegraaf. Amsterdam, 1989/12/15, p. 18.
  8. ^ Joost van den Hooff, "De Strijd van Axel en Helena van der Kraan," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 1989/11/17, p. 15.
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