In the 1960s a number of abstract expressionist painters in America started working with large planes of colour. The viewer had to be moved not by the hyper active brush strokes, but by the intensity of colour. And they had to experience the painting as a thing unto itself, instead of as a window with a view onto an illusory reality. An unusual shaped canvas helped in this. This violet bow shows that such a ‘shaped canvas’ is not always a thing. It can also be a piece of sky.
Specifications
| Title | Arch-Violet |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 240 cm Height 60 cm Depth 3 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
JCJ VANDERHEYDEN
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| Accession number | 3137 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1986 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1986 |
| Creation date | in 1985 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
JCJ VANDERHEYDEN
Den Bosch 1928 - Den Bosch 2012
The fifty-year oeuvre of JCJ VANDERHEYDEN, who was born in Den Bosch in 1928, is all about looking; the image that the brain receives through one or more lenses...
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