Reading girl (1981) Leo van Oudheusden

There is one in front of the Rozenburg Public Library Reading girl from bronze on a thick brick book made by Leo van Oudheusden. Van Oudheusden has taken different paths as a sculptor, from reliefs and bronze in the 1960s to more spatial designs in the 1980s. He made combinations of sculptures as the center of a spatial composition, using environmental materials such as paving and stone. Here he collaborated with architect Arie Kasbergen for the design that was carried out in collaboration with a brick factory for the ornamental pavement on the outer square and in collaboration with a glass workshop for thick cast glass windows: bronze sculpture, pavement, facade ornaments and windows form one whole. The walls behind the statue (also around the corner) have a wavy brick pattern and octagonal windows.