About the artwork
Artist Ingrid Kruit was commissioned in the early 1980s to make play objects for three children's farms in Rotterdam. For this children's farm, De Kooi in Lombardijen, she made a brown wooden rabbit, which was placed in the lawn next to the access path in 1983. This rabbit is a clearly striking and cheerful element and is fun for children to climb on. It is low enough to be used as a playground device. The wooden rabbit has been replaced by a metal variant with a coating, so that the rabbit is more resistant to the weather.
About the artist
Ingrid Kruit (Rotterdam, 1943) is a monumental artist, sculptor, glass painter and draughtsman. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. Kruit has worked on commission for the Municipality of Rotterdam several times. In a letter from 1974 she mentions 46 commissions, of which more than thirty in Rotterdam and mostly commissions for schools. She worked in various techniques. For various nursery schools she made cheerful murals with animals or more Cobra-like figures. She adapted her style to the target groups. Later in the seventies her designs became more environmental art and she also made designs for schoolyards. Kruit made a play object for three children's farms in Rotterdam, namely a goose, rabbit and chicken.
About the artwork
Artist Ingrid Kruit was commissioned in the early 1980s to make play objects for three children's farms in Rotterdam. For this children's farm, De Kooi in Lombardijen, she made a brown wooden rabbit, which was placed in the lawn next to the access path in 1983. This rabbit is a clearly striking and cheerful element and is fun for children to climb on. It is low enough to be used as a playground device. The wooden rabbit has been replaced by a metal variant with a coating, so that the rabbit is more resistant to the weather.
About the artist
Ingrid Kruit (Rotterdam, 1943) is a monumental artist, sculptor, glass painter and draughtsman. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. Kruit has worked on commission for the Municipality of Rotterdam several times. In a letter from 1974 she mentions 46 commissions, of which more than thirty in Rotterdam and mostly commissions for schools. She worked in various techniques. For various nursery schools she made cheerful murals with animals or more Cobra-like figures. She adapted her style to the target groups. Later in the seventies her designs became more environmental art and she also made designs for schoolyards. Kruit made a play object for three children's farms in Rotterdam, namely a goose, rabbit and chicken.
