This abstract white marble sculpture has a black concrete pedestal. The white marble is partly polished and partly chiseled. Sculptor Piet van Stuivenberg signed the sculpture: Piet '65. Originally, this artwork stood in an elegant spot on Zeeltplein/Meeuwenplaat in a small green area with a flower bed. The square was completely redesigned, and the greenery made way for new construction. The then-owner of the Flamingo party center in Hoogvliet noticed that the artwork was not being reinstalled, as he frequently cleaned the piece on Zeeltplein. His request to place the artwork at his new Flamingo was therefore granted. Consequently, the small abstract white piece stood at Lengweg 150, near the party center. However, the new owner of the Flamingo no longer wanted the sculpture in front of his entrance, and in 2020, at his request, the sculpture was removed and placed in storage. BKOR sought a new location for the work and found one in the grass at the beginning of the Hoogvlietsedijk. Upon exiting Hoogvliet metro station, the white statue is immediately visible and points the way. In December 2022, the statue was reinstalled in the park.
Piet van Stuivenberg (Schiedam, 1901 - 1988) has made a number of sculptures for the public space of Rotterdam and Schiedam as a stonemason, such as Dolle Jans Dream (a monument to Herman Heijermans) and a sculpture at the former Bouwcentrum. He attended evening classes at the Rotterdam Academy from 1921 to 1927 and made study trips to Brussels, London and Paris. Artworks by Van Stuivenberg are in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Stedelijk Museum in Schiedam and in private collections. Van Stuivenberg started his career as a stonemason boy. As a sculptor he was initially influenced by expressionism, later he made geometric and sleek shapes, which increasingly tended to abstraction.
Kouwenaardseweg 51 3191 TN Hoogvliet Rotterdam
View on the map
Location
In the grass
Description
Abstract plastic on a concrete plinth
Materials
White marble
Dimensions
90 x 90 x 170 cm
years
1965
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam
Recruitment
BK advice: Rotterdam Urban Embellishment Committee
Money source
Urban beautification fund
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
About the artwork
This abstract white marble sculpture has a black concrete pedestal. The white marble is partly polished and partly chiseled. Sculptor Piet van Stuivenberg signed the sculpture: Piet '65. Originally, this artwork stood in an elegant spot on Zeeltplein/Meeuwenplaat in a small green area with a flower bed. The square was completely redesigned, and the greenery made way for new construction. The then-owner of the Flamingo party center in Hoogvliet noticed that the artwork was not being reinstalled, as he frequently cleaned the piece on Zeeltplein. His request to place the artwork at his new Flamingo was therefore granted. Consequently, the small abstract white piece stood at Lengweg 150, near the party center. However, the new owner of the Flamingo no longer wanted the sculpture in front of his entrance, and in 2020, at his request, the sculpture was removed and placed in storage. BKOR sought a new location for the work and found one in the grass at the beginning of the Hoogvlietsedijk. Upon exiting Hoogvliet metro station, the white statue is immediately visible and points the way. In December 2022, the statue was reinstalled in the park.
Piet van Stuivenberg (Schiedam, 1901 - 1988) has made a number of sculptures for the public space of Rotterdam and Schiedam as a stonemason, such as Dolle Jans Dream (a monument to Herman Heijermans) and a sculpture at the former Bouwcentrum. He attended evening classes at the Rotterdam Academy from 1921 to 1927 and made study trips to Brussels, London and Paris. Artworks by Van Stuivenberg are in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Stedelijk Museum in Schiedam and in private collections. Van Stuivenberg started his career as a stonemason boy. As a sculptor he was initially influenced by expressionism, later he made geometric and sleek shapes, which increasingly tended to abstraction.
Kouwenaardseweg 51 3191 TN Hoogvliet Rotterdam
View on the map
Location
In the grass
Description
Abstract plastic on a concrete plinth
Materials
White marble
Dimensions
90 x 90 x 170 cm
years
1965
Client
Municipality of Rotterdam
Recruitment
BK advice: Rotterdam Urban Embellishment Committee
Money source
Urban beautification fund
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
Piet van Stuivenberg -
Untitled (1965)
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