This sculpture by Huib Noorlander has been placed in 1963 at the former Port and Transport School on the Waalhaven Zuidzijde 18. On the sports field of that school this stone plastic became three white Flying seagulls placed on a black column. Birds that, like young people trained here, are connected to both water and land. The Port and Transport School has been transferred to the Shipping and Transport College (STC), which is the current owner of the work. The image has been moved once in the course of time and the black base has been replaced by a concrete base.
Huib Noorlander (Schiebroek, 1928 – Nijmegen, 2004) was a figurative sculptor. He founded the artist group in 1951 together with artists Louis van Roode, Jan Burgerhout, Kees Franse, Jan Goedhart, Charles Kemper and Ed van Zanden Argus on. On the occasion of the 100 anniversary of the Holland America Line, he made a picture of it Cauldron Twinkle (1973). A well-known image in Rotterdam, a replica of which is in the Maritime Museum and a reduced version is awarded annually as Ketelbinkie Prize. More than ten statues of Noorlander can be found in Rotterdam. In the 1960s, Noorlander and artist Joeki Simak formed the most famous artist couple in Rotterdam.
This sculpture by Huib Noorlander has been placed in 1963 at the former Port and Transport School on the Waalhaven Zuidzijde 18. On the sports field of that school this stone plastic became three white Flying seagulls placed on a black column. Birds that, like young people trained here, are connected to both water and land. The Port and Transport School has been transferred to the Shipping and Transport College (STC), which is the current owner of the work. The image has been moved once in the course of time and the black base has been replaced by a concrete base.
Huib Noorlander (Schiebroek, 1928 – Nijmegen, 2004) was a figurative sculptor. He founded the artist group in 1951 together with artists Louis van Roode, Jan Burgerhout, Kees Franse, Jan Goedhart, Charles Kemper and Ed van Zanden Argus on. On the occasion of the 100 anniversary of the Holland America Line, he made a picture of it Cauldron Twinkle (1973). A well-known image in Rotterdam, a replica of which is in the Maritime Museum and a reduced version is awarded annually as Ketelbinkie Prize. More than ten statues of Noorlander can be found in Rotterdam. In the 1960s, Noorlander and artist Joeki Simak formed the most famous artist couple in Rotterdam.
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