This series of decorative facade stones were made for the last extension of garden village Vreewijk, namely garden village De Vaan, located between the Dordtsestraatweg and the Vaanweg. The name is derived from the Vaandrager family, who used to own an estate with a farm. The garden village was built during the Second World War. Sculptor Cor van Kralingen made a series of ceramic reliefs, which are about nature, farm life and seasons. He did this in a figurative style, which is somewhat more stylized in some reliefs than in others. The facade stones of approximately 50 x 60 cm can be found on the end sides of terraced houses, throughout Vreewijk. They are set into the brickwork and positioned at eye level. They fit in with the village character of the garden village. In this way, the works of art complement the ideas of Granpré Molière, who developed this garden village as a village in the city. There are a total of 13 reliefs, namely 'Sower with spade', 'Sower', 'Girl with lamb', 'Standard bearer', 'Finch', 'Donkey', 'Finch', 'Chicken with chicks', 'The hunter', 'Tree planter', 'Leaves', 'Two chickens' and 'Girl with wreath'.
