The Rotterdam artist Chris Elffers made this colorful, dynamic sculpture in 1970 for the new building district Ombloed, on the Hammarskjoldplaats. Fruit principle. Elffers made many monumental works in the Netherlands. This is an early work by him, in which he combined steel and bronze. Later he started working mainly with bronze only. As part of Urban Beautification, the work was placed on high-rise buildings from the 1970s. From the book Art in Ommoord (2009): “The sculptor Chris Elffers still remembers the literal assignment, because he found the description actually hurtful for the residents:“ Make a statue at the 3rd municipal home for disabled elderly in Ommoord ”. Those were the residents of Oldenoord at the time. The residents of that time no longer live there. The building, with blue and yellow balconies, right in front of the statue was renovated years ago into a 55+ complex. In the XNUMXs, Elffers was strongly inspired by anthroposophy. At that time, for example, he was involved in founding the Free School in Krimpen aan den IJssel. ”
Chris Elffers (Zandvoort, 1926 – Krimpen aan den IJssel, 2018) studied sculpture at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam with professors Mari Andriessen and Piet Esser. As a sculptor he contributed part-time to the restoration of the Laurenskerk. In 1958 he was given a studio on the Nesserdijk, where sculptor Huib Noorlander also had his workshop. Elffers made various sculptures for the public space in Rotterdam. He lived for years in Kralingen and Krimpen aan den IJssel, where he died in 2018.
Rotatable sculpture made of gold-painted steel with a bronze core on a column
Materials
Steel and bronze
Dimensions
227 x 95 x 320 cm
Year
1970
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam
Money source
Urban beautification fund
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
About the artwork
The Rotterdam artist Chris Elffers made this colorful, dynamic sculpture in 1970 for the new building district Ombloed, on the Hammarskjoldplaats. Fruit principle. Elffers made many monumental works in the Netherlands. This is an early work by him, in which he combined steel and bronze. Later he started working mainly with bronze only. As part of Urban Beautification, the work was placed on high-rise buildings from the 1970s. From the book Art in Ommoord (2009): “The sculptor Chris Elffers still remembers the literal assignment, because he found the description actually hurtful for the residents:“ Make a statue at the 3rd municipal home for disabled elderly in Ommoord ”. Those were the residents of Oldenoord at the time. The residents of that time no longer live there. The building, with blue and yellow balconies, right in front of the statue was renovated years ago into a 55+ complex. In the XNUMXs, Elffers was strongly inspired by anthroposophy. At that time, for example, he was involved in founding the Free School in Krimpen aan den IJssel. ”
Chris Elffers (Zandvoort, 1926 – Krimpen aan den IJssel, 2018) studied sculpture at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam with professors Mari Andriessen and Piet Esser. As a sculptor he contributed part-time to the restoration of the Laurenskerk. In 1958 he was given a studio on the Nesserdijk, where sculptor Huib Noorlander also had his workshop. Elffers made various sculptures for the public space in Rotterdam. He lived for years in Kralingen and Krimpen aan den IJssel, where he died in 2018.
Rotatable sculpture made of gold-painted steel with a bronze core on a column
Materials
Steel and bronze
Dimensions
227 x 95 x 320 cm
Year
1970
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam
Money source
Urban beautification fund
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
Chris Elffers -
Fruit principle (1970)
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