The Rotterdam artist Wally Elenbaas has made some beautiful monumental works for the public space in Rotterdam, a number of which have already been demolished. This colorful wall relief was realized in 1963 next to the entrance of a gymnastics building by municipal architect Koops. The composition consists of a vertical yellow stripe in which five figures perform a gymnastic posture and a horizontal blue stripe, in which there are also two figures on the left and a figure with a trumpet in the hands on the right. Red stones with rounded corners are placed around the cross. The whole is very typical Elenbaas and betrays his graphic background, because this is the type of work that he also performed as a graph on paper. The cross shape in the mosaic, for example, is also leading in his work in the former Station Post Office, which has been restored.
Rotterdam artist Wally Elenbaas (Rotterdam, 1912–2008) was an important postwar graphic artist and created numerous mosaics for the built environment. His work has been featured in exhibitions and is included in collections, such as that of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, where he had a solo exhibition. Elenbaas has won several awards. In 2006, he received an honorary award from the city of Rotterdam for his entire oeuvre. Together with his wife Esther Hartog (1905–1998), he photographed subjects that reflected their personal lives: each other, friends, travels, still lifes, and the surrounding area of Katendrecht. Elenbaas would remain connected to Katendrecht throughout his life. Read more here an article about this artist.
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
About the artwork
The Rotterdam artist Wally Elenbaas has made some beautiful monumental works for the public space in Rotterdam, a number of which have already been demolished. This colorful wall relief was realized in 1963 next to the entrance of a gymnastics building by municipal architect Koops. The composition consists of a vertical yellow stripe in which five figures perform a gymnastic posture and a horizontal blue stripe, in which there are also two figures on the left and a figure with a trumpet in the hands on the right. Red stones with rounded corners are placed around the cross. The whole is very typical Elenbaas and betrays his graphic background, because this is the type of work that he also performed as a graph on paper. The cross shape in the mosaic, for example, is also leading in his work in the former Station Post Office, which has been restored.
Rotterdam artist Wally Elenbaas (Rotterdam, 1912–2008) was an important postwar graphic artist and created numerous mosaics for the built environment. His work has been featured in exhibitions and is included in collections, such as that of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, where he had a solo exhibition. Elenbaas has won several awards. In 2006, he received an honorary award from the city of Rotterdam for his entire oeuvre. Together with his wife Esther Hartog (1905–1998), he photographed subjects that reflected their personal lives: each other, friends, travels, still lifes, and the surrounding area of Katendrecht. Elenbaas would remain connected to Katendrecht throughout his life. Read more here an article about this artist.
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
Wally Elenbaas -
Gymnasts (1963)
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