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This time a piece done by painters collection De Strakke Hand, for Museum Arnhem.
Previous pieces
In some of my older posts, i wrote about pieces done for the Arnhem Museum in city of Arnhem. These were done by several artists for the 100th anniversary of the Museum in 2021, and placed all around Arnhem for a broad public to see and boost their interest too go and see the real pieces. All subjects of these murals are art pieces from the Collection of the museum. Here are some of other murals i wrote about:
- Random finds #6, Carel Willink: Wilma met Kat, Arnhem, Netherlands
- Random finds #3, De Strakke Hand: Henk Mual, Arnhem
The Artists
De Strakke Hand is an art-painters collection of 13, located in Werkhoven, in the shadow of Utrecht.
Also be sure to check out their portfolio for more great works of art.
The Artwork
Above the Cozy Lunchroom on the Roggestraat in Arnhem, De Strakke hand placed this great mural of the artwork of Charley Thoorop, Stilleven met bloemen en vruchten (Still-life with flowers and fruits) from 1927.
- Image taken from the Den Haag Kunstmuseum site. source
The painting meassures 100 cm by 80 cm
(39.37 inch by 31.49) and is currently on display in the Kunstmuseum of The Hague.
The original artist, Charley Toorop, was born in 1891, and was the daughter of art painter Jan Toorop. After being teached painting by her Father, she joined the artist collection know as "Het Signaal". And later became one an important expressionism painter. Untill her death in 1955, she kept painting and made over 40 works throughout her life.
| Artwork | Stilleven met bloemen en vruchten by Charley Toorop |
| Artist | De Strakke Hand |
| Year | 2021 |
| Socials | Website, Facebook |
| Location | Google Maps |
| Pinmapple | [//]:# (!pinmapple 51.98332 lat 5.91753 long De Strakke Hand: Stilleven met bloemen en vruchten d3scr) |
This mural will be my entry for CCC's Street Art Contest #165 | 🎁 : 100% Liquid Payout and Ecency points as Prize Pool & Winners of #164 hosted by @digi-me on the Streetart community.
Other pieces of De Strakke Hand
- Random finds #3, De Strakke Hand: Henk Mual, Arnhem
- Random finds #6, Carel Willink: Wilma met Kat, Arnhem
- Random finds #11: De Strakke Hand: Saenredam, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sources
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