Axel en Helena van der Kraan explained

Axel en Helena van der Kraan were a sculptor-duo from the Netherlands, consisting of Axel van der Kraan (born 1949) and Helena van der Kraan-Maazel (1940–2020), active as sculptors and draftsman.^[1]

Live and work

They lived and worked together in Rotterdam since 1987. In 1989, they were awarded the Hendrik Chabot Award. In 1990, at the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, there was a retrospective of their work with sculptors, drawings, and photography.^[2]

Helena van der Kraan-Maazel died 14 June 2020 (her 80th birthday) in Rotterdam from cancer.^[3] She was described as an artist, who "observed with a concerned look, who recorded her surroundings in noiseless portraits."^[4]

According to Henny de Lange, Helena van der Kraan mainly sought with her photography "the beauty of the everyday."^[5]

Exhibitions, a selection

• 1978. Galerie Espace, Amsterdam.^[6]
• 1989. Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen.^{[7] [8]}

Works in public space

• 1989, Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk, The Hague
• 1999, Keteltje, Wormerveer
• 2006, De Smid, Barendrecht

External links

• Axel van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl.
• Helena van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl.

Notes and References

1. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/46172 Axel en Helena van der Kraan; group / Netherlandish; sculptor, draftsman
2. Kraan, Axel en Helena van der – Crouwel, Wim (introd.). Axel en Helena van der Kraan. Ruimtelijk werk/Sculpture. Tekeningen/Drawings. Fotografie/Photography, Rotterdam: Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, 1990.
3. Gitte Brugman, "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan overleden", Leeuwarder Courant, 16 June 2020.
4. Toef Jaeger. "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan observeerde met een betrokken blik", NRC.nl, 16 June 2020.
5. Henny de Lange."Helena van der Kraan zoekt de schoonheid van het alledaagse," Trouw, 11 juni 2005
6. "Twee objecten van Axel en Helena van der Kraan: Wassende Vrouw en Zwangere Vrouw," De Volkskrant. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1978/04/21.
7. Aad Kruijning. "SCHROOTKUNST VAN DE VAN DER KRAANS," De Telegraaf. Amsterdam, 1989/12/15, p. 18.
8. Joost van den Hooff, "De Strijd van Axel en Helena van der Kraan," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 1989/11/17, p. 15.