About the artwork
The bombing of 1940 also destroyed the old Graanhuis at Wijnhaven 50-52. The Committee of Grain Traders Rotterdam then decided to have a new office building built at Wijnhaven number 99-101. This building was designed by Cornelis Elffers and opened in 1957. Artist Han Rehm was commissioned to create four facade reliefs from the construction budget. The protruding facade panels depict, from top to bottom: a grain mill, a grain elevator, sheaves of grain and the harvesting of grain by a farmer. The four stones are made quite modestly, but because they protrude from the building they stand out more. With these facade stones, Rehm depicted the economic prosperity of Rotterdam after the war.
About the artist
Artist Han Rehm (Rotterdam, 1908 - Rotterdam, 1970) studied art at the Reading University in England and subsequently studied drawing at the Rotterdam art academy for a short period. Afterwards he studied sculpture at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 1930 he also went to study sculpture in Vienna. In 1935 he settled in his own studio in Kralingen. In addition to being a sculptor, he was active as a medalist. Among other things, he made a medal for Leiden University (1958). Han Rehm is best known in Rotterdam for his work The load carrier on the Kop van Zuid and the statue of the Olympic athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen in Blijdorp.
About the artwork
The bombing of 1940 also destroyed the old Graanhuis at Wijnhaven 50-52. The Committee of Grain Traders Rotterdam then decided to have a new office building built at Wijnhaven number 99-101. This building was designed by Cornelis Elffers and opened in 1957. Artist Han Rehm was commissioned to create four facade reliefs from the construction budget. The protruding facade panels depict, from top to bottom: a grain mill, a grain elevator, sheaves of grain and the harvesting of grain by a farmer. The four stones are made quite modestly, but because they protrude from the building they stand out more. With these facade stones, Rehm depicted the economic prosperity of Rotterdam after the war.
About the artist
Artist Han Rehm (Rotterdam, 1908 - Rotterdam, 1970) studied art at the Reading University in England and subsequently studied drawing at the Rotterdam art academy for a short period. Afterwards he studied sculpture at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. In 1930 he also went to study sculpture in Vienna. In 1935 he settled in his own studio in Kralingen. In addition to being a sculptor, he was active as a medalist. Among other things, he made a medal for Leiden University (1958). Han Rehm is best known in Rotterdam for his work The load carrier on the Kop van Zuid and the statue of the Olympic athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen in Blijdorp.
