Jan Spiering 1937-1994 - Schade, Carol & Paul Hugo ten Hopen & Hannah van Munster & Rob van Zoest
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Jan Antonie Spiering (1937-1994): This Dutch sculptor never led the fashion in the artistic avant-garde. Having begun his career as a modest academic in the Rijksakademie tradition, the talented traditionalist gradually made his mark on the national psyche however and its sculptural subconscious during his short life.0Through distinct themes in a modest collection of work, such as The Prodigal Son, the Ballplayers, the Wagtails and the Shepherd, Spiering reveals a sense of the contemporary in his very real sculpture. A reclusive type, who sought to provide for his family from his commissions, his attempts to ply an honest trade were not always easy. In 1965, Jan Spiering won the Prix de Rome with The Flight. Although this was the height of the swinging sixties, the young sculptor's first most notable work until then had been The Prodigal Son inspired by the awkward return home of his father after the war. The biblical title reflects the artist's moral outlook, but was also a far cry from the wild ideological ...
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2018Uitgever: Museum Beelden aan Zee/Sculptuur Instituut174 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 907602829XISBN-13: 9789076028293Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Monografieën van het Sculptuur Instituut. Deel 9.; Opdracht op eerste bladzijde. [Auteur: Schade, Carol & Paul Hugo ten Hopen & Hannah van Munster & Rob van Zoest] [Pagina's: 174] [Uitgever: Museum Beelden aan Zee/Sculptuur Instituut] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Jan Spiering 1937-1994]
