David van de Kop
David Johannes van de Kop or David Vandekop (The Hague, November 3, 1937 - Dreischor, September 14, 1994) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and sculptor.[1]
Life and work
From 1956 to 1961 Kop studied
From 1968 to 1981 was the lecturer at the
Materials and style
Following his mentor Carel Visser, in his early work Van de Kop worked in steel in a constructivist style. He named this kind of work "framework conditions". In the 1970s he came into prominence with this work. He increasingly started to work with clay, from which he made large ceramic sculptures in bright colors. The great plasticity of clay gave him the opportunity to give more playful, more intuitive and more organic form. These works are usually made up of several parts, put together after baking became the bigger picture.
In later years, Van der Kop worked with more rough-cut wood and made "stacks" of different materials and debris, which he also colorfully painted. Sources of inspiration for him included the Greek mythology (Leda with the Swan, Danae, Eros, Dionysos), Magdalena and the Zeeland landscape.
Working in the public space (selection)
- Almere Eos (1994) Muziekwijk and Leda and the Swan (1994) Molenbuurt
- Amersfoort: untitled Park Randenbroek
- Amsterdam: untitled (1989) Atlas Building
- The Hague: Obstacle (1980) Schenk viaduct
- Gouda: Vanitas (1990) Wachtelstraat / Turfsingel, Gouda sculpture trail
- Rotterdam: untitled Westblaak
- Utrecht: untitled Ina Boudier-Bakkerlaan and Elements (1989) Smakkelaarsveld
- Veere: Inundation Memorial (1990) Polredijk
- Vlissingen: Eos (1992) Koudekerkseweg
Photo gallery
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Obstacle, The Hague
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Untitled, Utrecht
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Ceramic elements, Utrecht
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Untitled, Rotterdam
Further reading
- R.W.D. Oxenaar, Tuam, Tent. Cat. Rijksmuseum Kröller – Müller, 1974
- H. van Haaren, Dagboeknotities van David van de Kop, Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, 1977
- David van de Kop, situaties beelden tekeningen, Tent. Cat. Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1982
- H. Sizoo, David van de Kop, beelden / aquarellen, Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, 1987
- H. van Haaren, David Vandekop, Stoelend op traditie, Gemeentemuseum, Roermond, 1993
- David Vandekop, oogtastvorm beelden 1962 – 1994, Tent. Cat. Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, 2002
See also
References
- ^ Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
External links
- (in Dutch) Vandekop, David at capriolus.nl