Axel en Helena van der Kraan
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[edit]
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[edit]
Works in public space[edit]
- 1989, Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk, The Hague
- 1999, Keteltje, Wormerveer
- 2006, De Smid, Barendrecht
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Keteltje in Wormerveer -
Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk -
De Smid, Barendrecht
References[edit]
- ^ Axel en Helena van der Kraan; group / Netherlandish; sculptor, draftsman at rkd.nl, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gitte Brugman, "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan overleden", Leeuwarder Courant, 16 June 2020.
- ^ Toef Jaeger. "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan observeerde met een betrokken blik", NRC.nl, 16 June 2020.
- ^ Henny de Lange."Helena van der Kraan zoekt de schoonheid van het alledaagse," Trouw, 11 juni 2005
- ^ "Twee objecten van Axel en Helena van der Kraan: Wassende Vrouw en Zwangere Vrouw," De Volkskrant. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1978/04/21.
- ^ Aad Kruijning. "SCHROOTKUNST VAN DE VAN DER KRAANS," De Telegraaf. Amsterdam, 1989/12/15, p. 18.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- Axel van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl.
- Helena van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl.
