In 1951 and 1952, municipal architect LJ Linssen designed these two low-rise neighborhoods on Becramming and Cannemanstraat in Overschie for the Housing Department, with a total of 425 homes. Artist Luigi de Lerma provided them with yellow stripes and colorful doors and niches. In addition to color, the architect also wanted relief in the facades and therefore asked sculptor Joop Hekman to make a design for a number of facade stones. Since there are five identical stones, this indicates that the clients wanted to do something beautiful for the residents with limited resources: because they were cast in concrete, five pieces could easily be removed from the same mold. Fish were a popular reconstruction motif, as an expression of harmonious life between people and nature, even in the city or between companies. The fish cast in concrete swim furiously around the corner, towards the future.
Joop Hekman (Utrecht, 1921 – there, 2013) was a sculptor and medalist. Already at the age of 14, he received evening lessons from his uncle, sculptor Willem van Kuilenberg, and drawing lessons from the well-known graphic artist Willem van Leusden. Medalist Johannes Cornelis Wienecke taught him how to make coins and tokens and sent him to the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem, where he was a student from 1938 to 1942. Here he learned to sculpt. After the war, through his contacts with Gerrit Rietveld, he received an assignment to make two sculptures at the Vreeburg cinema in Utrecht. At the same time he participated in an exhibition with three other young sculptors, including the Rotterdam artist Loeki Metz. Hekman was known for his versatility and the way he placed his images in a special architectural context, which he often designed himself. He made statues and reliefs from bronze, sandstone, brick and ceramics. His work can be found in the public spaces of several cities, such as in Arnhem, Barendrecht, Eindhoven, Breda, Zwolle, Utrecht and Hilversum. In addition to statues, he also designed coins and medals, for example a liberation medal for Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
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About the artwork
In 1951 and 1952, municipal architect LJ Linssen designed these two low-rise neighborhoods on Becramming and Cannemanstraat in Overschie for the Housing Department, with a total of 425 homes. Artist Luigi de Lerma provided them with yellow stripes and colorful doors and niches. In addition to color, the architect also wanted relief in the facades and therefore asked sculptor Joop Hekman to make a design for a number of facade stones. Since there are five identical stones, this indicates that the clients wanted to do something beautiful for the residents with limited resources: because they were cast in concrete, five pieces could easily be removed from the same mold. Fish were a popular reconstruction motif, as an expression of harmonious life between people and nature, even in the city or between companies. The fish cast in concrete swim furiously around the corner, towards the future.
Joop Hekman (Utrecht, 1921 – there, 2013) was a sculptor and medalist. Already at the age of 14, he received evening lessons from his uncle, sculptor Willem van Kuilenberg, and drawing lessons from the well-known graphic artist Willem van Leusden. Medalist Johannes Cornelis Wienecke taught him how to make coins and tokens and sent him to the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem, where he was a student from 1938 to 1942. Here he learned to sculpt. After the war, through his contacts with Gerrit Rietveld, he received an assignment to make two sculptures at the Vreeburg cinema in Utrecht. At the same time he participated in an exhibition with three other young sculptors, including the Rotterdam artist Loeki Metz. Hekman was known for his versatility and the way he placed his images in a special architectural context, which he often designed himself. He made statues and reliefs from bronze, sandstone, brick and ceramics. His work can be found in the public spaces of several cities, such as in Arnhem, Barendrecht, Eindhoven, Breda, Zwolle, Utrecht and Hilversum. In addition to statues, he also designed coins and medals, for example a liberation medal for Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
Percentage regulation, involved construction assignment
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Joop Hekman -
Untitled (1952)
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