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Berend Hendriks (Apeldoorn, July 9, 1918 – Arnhem, August 6, 1997) was a Dutch artist, and lecturer at the ArtEZ Academy of fine art in Arnhem. Together with
File:20100802-001 Amersfoort - Corderius College.jpg, Stone Mosaic, Corderius College, Amersfoort
File:Leiden112.JPG, Stained concrete, Chr. Nijverheidsschool Boshuizen, Leiden
File:Leiden - Boshuizen School - Stained glass window by Berend Hendriks v4.jpg, Detail glass wall Boshuizen School, Leiden
File:Balkondecoraties, Berend Hendriks - Nieuwstraat Eindhoven (2).JPG, Balcony Decorations Neuve, Eindhoven
File:De fontein (Drachten).jpg, Stone Mosaic church Fountain, Drachten
Berend Hendriks
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Berend Hendriks (Apeldoorn, July 9, 1918 – Arnhem, August 6, 1997) was a Dutch artist, and lecturer at the ArtEZ Academy of fine art in Arnhem. Together with Peter Struycken
Peter Struycken (born 5 January 1939 in The Hague) is a Dutch artist, and the brother of actor Carel Struycken. He won the 2012 Heineken Prize for Arts from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of ...
he initiated the Arnhem school of environmental art
Environmental art is a range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works. Environmental art has evolved away from formal concerns, for example ...
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Life and work
Hendriks, son of anarborist
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from Apeldoorn, was initially destined to follow into his father's footsteps. He attended the horticultural school in Boskoop
Boskoop () is a town in the province of South Holland. It was a separate municipality until it merged into Alphen aan den Rijn in 2014. The town had a population of 15,050 in 2012 and covers an area of of which is water. It's the world's bigges ...
, but finally opted for a career in the visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...
. He continued his studies at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam, where he studied with Heinrich Campendonk
Heinrich Mathias Ernst Campendonk (3 November 1889 – 9 May 1957) was a painter and graphic designer born in Germany who became a naturalized Dutch citizen.
Life
Campendonk was born in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was the ...
. After graduating he developed into a versatile artist; Painter, glass painting, wall painting, monumental artist, environmental artist, sculptor, ceramist and maker of mosaic. In the 1950s René Karrer worked as assistant to Hendriks.
Hendriks exhibited among others at the Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
in Amsterdam, the Gemeentelijk Van Reekum Museum (now CODA museum) in Apeldoorn and the School of the Arts in Arnhem. At this art school Hendriks was lecturer and stimulated the development of environmental art. Hendriks' work is included in the collection of the CODA museum in Apeldoorn and of the Museum The Pavilions in Almere
Almere () is a Planned community, planned List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km ...
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Environmental works of Hendriks can be found in public space in Amersfoort, Gouda and Hengelo
Hengelo (; Tweants: ) is a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the international Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.
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. His paintings are characterized by geometric shapes, in which he uses mathematical sequences, both in content and color.Alex A.M. de Vries. "Berend Hendriks : de Mudejar-series." Arnhem : PlaatsMaken, 1992.
Gallery
See also
*List of Dutch ceramists
This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Aalmis (1674–1755)
* Karel Appel (1921–2006)
* Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963)
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References
External links
*Berend Hendriks
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