In 1966, this statue made by Jos van Riemsdijk was placed on this schoolyard. It is a sweet bronze statue of a girl with a cat. The girl is sitting leaning back and is holding the cat in her arms, cuddling. Her legs are stretched out and are lying on a stone support, her right foot crossed over the left. Girl with cat is a modest and graceful sculpture, characteristic of Van Riemsdijk's style. Her human figures are characteristic of the feeling of the sixties of a person in his environment and how he relates to the world. The work radiates energy that fits with the optimism and sense of progress of the reconstruction, as if the artist wanted to convey a message to the students. When the schoolyard was redesigned, the school did not want to put the sculpture back. The work has been stored.
Jos van Riemsdijk (Uccle, 1915 - 2005) was a sculptor from the mid-1951s. She was a student of Jan Bronner and attended academies in The Hague and Amsterdam. After the war she broke through with her figurative sculptures of people and especially animals. She was a member of the Pulchri Studio society in The Hague and the Dutch Circle of Sculptors. She made at least ten bronze sculptures for various municipalities in the Netherlands, mainly human figures (modest women) and a few animals. She received twice (in 1958 and 1957) the material prize associated with the Jacob Maris Prize and in XNUMX the Jacob Hartog Prize.
Plastic from a girl leaning back with cat in her arms
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Height 120 cm
Year
1966
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam (OJV)
Recruitment
Project architect ir. J. Koops
Money source
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
School board
About the artwork
In 1966, this statue made by Jos van Riemsdijk was placed on this schoolyard. It is a sweet bronze statue of a girl with a cat. The girl is sitting leaning back and is holding the cat in her arms, cuddling. Her legs are stretched out and are lying on a stone support, her right foot crossed over the left. Girl with cat is a modest and graceful sculpture, characteristic of Van Riemsdijk's style. Her human figures are characteristic of the feeling of the sixties of a person in his environment and how he relates to the world. The work radiates energy that fits with the optimism and sense of progress of the reconstruction, as if the artist wanted to convey a message to the students. When the schoolyard was redesigned, the school did not want to put the sculpture back. The work has been stored.
Jos van Riemsdijk (Uccle, 1915 - 2005) was a sculptor from the mid-1951s. She was a student of Jan Bronner and attended academies in The Hague and Amsterdam. After the war she broke through with her figurative sculptures of people and especially animals. She was a member of the Pulchri Studio society in The Hague and the Dutch Circle of Sculptors. She made at least ten bronze sculptures for various municipalities in the Netherlands, mainly human figures (modest women) and a few animals. She received twice (in 1958 and 1957) the material prize associated with the Jacob Maris Prize and in XNUMX the Jacob Hartog Prize.
Plastic from a girl leaning back with cat in her arms
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Height 120 cm
Year
1966
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam (OJV)
Recruitment
Project architect ir. J. Koops
Money source
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
School board
Jos van Riemsdijk -
Girl with cat (1966)
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