Daniël (Daan) van Golden (4 February 1936 – 10 January 2017) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist.
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at rkd.nl, 2015. He is known for his meticulous paintings of motives and details of everyday life and every day images.
Biography
Youth, education and early career
Born on
Katendrecht
Katendrecht is a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on the south bank of the Nieuwe Maas. It is located between the Rijnhaven and the Maashaven. Katendrecht was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1874, when it merged with Charlois
Charlois () is a ...
in Rotterdam in 1936, Van Golden was initially trained as
fitter at a technical school from 1948 to 1950. On Sundays he received painting lessons from a Jesuit who was attached to the school.
From 1954 to 1959 he attended the evening courses at the Rotterdam Academy of Visual Arts (now
Willem de Kooning Academy) at the painting department, where he also took classes in graphic art and design.
Van Golden started working as independent artist in
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
in 1961.
Initially he was concerned with
action painting and painted ferocious work with thickly applied black paint.
From 1963 to 1965 he made a two and a half-year trip to Japan, which turned his work around.
[Daan van Golden (terug van 3 jaar Japan): „In Nederland bekijkt men een kunstenaar als clown"]
" ''Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad,'' Rotterdam, 1965/04/28, p. 18.["Van Golden blijkt een opmerkelijk vernieuwer". "Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad". Rotterdam, 1965/05/21, p. 15.] There he came into contact with meditation and he realized that the human mind can find peace in watching simple form carefully. These simple shapes could simply be found in the everyday life.
Later career
Upon returning to the Netherlands Daan van Golden started painting copies of brown packing paper to find peace of mind. This painting was the beginning of a series of works, created between 1963 and 1975, in which simple objects such as handkerchiefs, dishcloths, wrapping paper, tablecloths and other decorative material were repainted down to the smallest details.
After a period of painting diamond-shaped motifs, in a new period Van Golden dealt with copying public newspaper photographs, posters and advertisements. Hereby he made use of photography and screen printing technique. Later in the 1980s Van Golden became inspired by the drippings paintings of
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock (; January 28, 1912August 11, 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his " drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a hor ...
, which inspired him to create a series of paintings in which the silhouettes of paint drips minutely created strange characters.
In the early 1990s Golden turned to depicting silhouettes of photos and portraits. He copied painted profiles of Mozart. These silhouette paintings he mostly made in several versions. The personal style of the artist makes each painting unique, despite the compositional similarities with other paintings.
In 1987 Van Golden and
Paul Beckman were awarded the
Hendrik Chabot Award
The Hendrik Chabot Award (Dutch: ''Hendrik Chabot Prijs'') is an annual award for visual artists presented by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, section South Holland. The prize ceremony is in the city hall of Rotterdam, where the prize is given by T ...
. In 1997 Van Golden was awarded the first
Jordaan-van Heek Prijs, and the
Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Art in 2004. In 1999 he represented The Netherlands in
Venice Biennale
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Many of his works have been included in public and private collections abroad; his work may also be found in (
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed, is a Dutch heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation of National Heritage Sites. It is located ...
),
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. ,
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam,
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...
and the
Gemeentemuseum
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I ...
in The Hague.
Work
Van Golden was influenced by pop art, abstract expressionism, minimalism and conceptual art. His paintings are realistic representations of subjects from mass production, but can be considered as abstract art as well. In his paintings of everyday objects, Golden deliberately chose to omit light and shade so that only the one-dimensional decorative motifs remained. The result was a selection of abstract paintings that consisted only of straight lines and flat color planes.
At the time of his death at Schiedam in early 2017 van Golden was still active. Due to a meticulous way of working, he made an average of only 3 to 4 pieces per year. He exhibited little and was regarded as a mysterious artist.
Exhibitions, a selection
* 1961.
Gallery 't Venster
Gallery or The Gallery may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Art gallery
** Contemporary art gallery
Music
* Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s
Albums
* ''Gallery'' (Elaiza album), 2014 album
* ''Gallery'' (Gr ...
, Rotterdam. Duo exhibition with
Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager.
* 1965.
Gallery 't Venster
Gallery or The Gallery may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Art gallery
** Contemporary art gallery
Music
* Gallery (band), an American soft rock band of the 1970s
Albums
* ''Gallery'' (Elaiza album), 2014 album
* ''Gallery'' (Gr ...
, Rotterdam.
* 1968. ''
4. documenta'', Kassel.
* 1972. ''Relativerend realisme.''
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
* 1978. ''Schiedamse ateliers'',
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
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. .
* 1979.
Art & Project
Art & Project was a leading contemporary art gallery by Geert van Beijeren & Adriaan van Ravesteijn from 1968 to 2001 in Amsterdam and Slootdorp, the Netherlands, as well as an influential art magazine published by the gallery between 1968 and 1989 ...
, Amsterdam.
* 1982.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...
, Rotterdam.
* 1987. ''Century '87'',
Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam.
* 1989. ''Bilderstreit,'' Rheinhalle Cologne.
* 1990. ''
Rotterdam Assorti
Ove Lucas (born ca. 1960) is a Dutch curator and director of the Center for Visual Arts Rotterdam.Editorial. "Ove Lucas directeur CBK Rotterdam," ''Trouw.'' 26 april 2006.
Biography
Early career
Lucas started his career in the Rotterdam art ...
,'' HAL Rotterdam.
* 1991. ''De Kunst is geen wedstrijd'',
Arti et Amicitiae
Arti et Amicitiae (lat .: For Art and Friendship) is a Dutch artist's society founded in 1839, and located on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The Society (also called Arti for short) has played a key role in the Netherlands art scene and in particular i ...
, Amsterdam.
* 1991. 7de Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
* 1991.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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. .
* 1991. ''Reception for the artist''. Gallery Bébert, Rotterdam.
* 1994. ''The wonder years: Rotterdamse beeldende kunst in de jaren zestig,''
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...
, Rotterdam.
* 1999. ''Daan van Golden. The pencil of nature'',
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
, Dutch pavilion.
Reception
The pioneering work of Van Golden of painting
dishcloth
A dishcloth or dishrag is used in the kitchen to clean or dry dishes and surfaces. Dishcloths are typically made of cotton or other fibres, such as microfiber, and measure 11" to 13" inches square. Dishcloths used for drying dishes are also known ...
motives was acknowledged in 1972, when his work was used as inspiration for poster of the exhibition "Illusion" in the
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
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. . Harry Willemsen stated, that the pictorial approach of reality of Van Golden had become quite present in those days. In an 1986 newspaper article Jan Donia after a analyses of his work acknowledged, that of Van Golden held a unique position in the field of contemporary art. His work was a 'mysterie of imagination'.
[Jan Donia,]
VAN GOLDEN; het raadsel van de verbeelding
" ''Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad,'' Rotterdam, 1986/03/13, p. 13.
Publications
* Daan van Golden, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, ''Daan van Golden: overzichtstentoonstelling 1963–1982, 13 maart tot 26 April 1982, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.'' 1982.
* Dippel, Rini, and Daan van Golden, ''Daan van Golden. Werken – Works, 1962–1991'', Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1991.
* Daan van Golden, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Institut néerlandais (Paris, France), ''Youth is an art.'' 1997.
* Daan van Golden, H. W. van Os, ''Dante e Leonardo,'' 2006.
* Schampers, Karel, Daan van Golden. ''The pencil of nature'', Rotterdam, 1999,
References
External links
Daan van Golden (1936–2017) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
In memoriam Daan van Golden (1936–2017) Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Hollandse Meesters – Daan van Golden hollandsemeesters.info
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1936 births
2017 deaths
Dutch artists
Willem de Kooning Academy alumni
Artists from Rotterdam