Graziella Curreli with model for Kenau-Ripperda monument from 2009 and Kenau model for Kenau Hasselaer Prijs from 2008

Kenau-Ripperda monument on Stationsplein Haarlem 02

Graziella Curreli (born 1960), is a French sculptor working in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She specializes in bronze figures and is known for her sculptures of strong women, most notably

Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer (1526–1588) was a wood merchant of Haarlem, who became a legendary folk hero for her fearless defense of the city against the Spanish invaders during the siege of Haarlem in 1573. Biography She was the daughter ...

. She attended the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

. She has created works for the city of Haarlem and for the city of Diemen. Her bronze of Kenau and

Wigbolt Ripperda Wigbolt, Baron Ripperda (1535? – 16 July 1573) was the city governor of Haarlem when the city was under siege by the Spanish army in the Eighty Years' War. Biography Wigbolt Ripperda was the son of Baron Focko Ripperda van Winsum and Bar ...

for Haarlem was originally designed in a smaller version for the Ripperda renovation project in 2009, but was rejected in favor of a more abstract work. She was then contracted by the Haarlem councilman Chris van Velzen in April 2010 to construct a much larger version, and though he died the same year, the project has been realised and the result is 4 meters high. Her first sculpture of Kenau was made for the ''Kenau Hasselaarsprijs'', a yearly prize for promoting emancipation.Haarlem stadskrant 34
21 August 2008

References

La Vie en Bronze
blog about the 4-year-long project for the Haarlem stationsplein, by Graziella Curreli
Graziella Curreli
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curreli, Graziella 1960 births Living people 20th-century French sculptors 21st-century French sculptors Sculptors from Paris Artists from Haarlem 20th-century French women artists 21st-century French women artists