Sculptor Joan Bakker made this concrete plastic Birds, which was placed in front of the entrance of a school on the Burgemeester Koningssingel in September 1959. The plastic is free-standing on a plateau placed on a wall between the entrance of the school and the garden. The statue was lovingly embraced by the school, so it was painted by students of the school. Due to the applied color it is no longer visible what the composition of the image is intended to be, but Bakker has depicted two stacked birds. They look in different directions, and Bakker has beautifully continued the line of the bodies into the tails. Judging from old photo material, this is a beautiful sculpture in a composition that is characteristic of Bakker's work.
Joannes (Joan) Petrus Anthonius Maria Bakker (Oosterblokker, 1919 - 1999) attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam, after which he settled permanently in Rotterdam. He was, among others, a student of Herman Mees (1880 - 1964) and the husband of sculptor and ceramist Riet (Maria) Elias. He made it together with Jan Poot (architect at the Municipality of Rotterdam) Liberation Monument at the Brink in Vreewijk, Feijenoord. He designed ornaments for an office building on the Botersloot with great visual power and clear stonemasonry qualities. He could handle the hardest stone types, in which he applied reliefs with attention to the role of light on the different stone types. Several works by Joan Bakker can be found in Rotterdam.
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
School board
About the artwork
Sculptor Joan Bakker made this concrete plastic Birds, which was placed in front of the entrance of a school on the Burgemeester Koningssingel in September 1959. The plastic is free-standing on a plateau placed on a wall between the entrance of the school and the garden. The statue was lovingly embraced by the school, so it was painted by students of the school. Due to the applied color it is no longer visible what the composition of the image is intended to be, but Bakker has depicted two stacked birds. They look in different directions, and Bakker has beautifully continued the line of the bodies into the tails. Judging from old photo material, this is a beautiful sculpture in a composition that is characteristic of Bakker's work.
Joannes (Joan) Petrus Anthonius Maria Bakker (Oosterblokker, 1919 - 1999) attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam, after which he settled permanently in Rotterdam. He was, among others, a student of Herman Mees (1880 - 1964) and the husband of sculptor and ceramist Riet (Maria) Elias. He made it together with Jan Poot (architect at the Municipality of Rotterdam) Liberation Monument at the Brink in Vreewijk, Feijenoord. He designed ornaments for an office building on the Botersloot with great visual power and clear stonemasonry qualities. He could handle the hardest stone types, in which he applied reliefs with attention to the role of light on the different stone types. Several works by Joan Bakker can be found in Rotterdam.
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
Owner
School board
Joan Bakker -
Birds (1959)
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