David van de Kop

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David van de Kop , since 1989 David Vandekop (born November 3, 1937 in The Hague ; died September 14, 1994 in Dreischor in the province of Zeeland ), was a Dutch sculptor.

Life

Davind van de Kop studied sculpture from 1956 to 1961, including under Carel Visser at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague, and continued his studies from 1963 to 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. From 1968 to 1981 Van de Kop was a teacher at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in 's-Hertogenbosch and from 1981 to 1987 he was responsible for the sculpture department of the post-academic institution Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht .

David van de Kop died on September 14, 1994 in his hometown Dreischor as a result of a heart attack.

Materials and style

Van de Kop, like his teacher Carel Visser, worked mainly with steel in his early work. The work from this period can mainly be described as constructivist. He himself called these works “framework provisions”.

In the 1970s he broke off his earlier constructivist work and increasingly worked with clay, from which he made large ceramic sculptures in bright colors. The great plasticity of clay gave him the opportunity to shape in a more playful, intuitive and organic way. These works usually consist of several parts that are joined together to form a larger whole after baking.

In later years Van de Kop worked more with roughly processed wood and made his “stacks” from various waste and materials, which he also painted in bright colors. David's studio was a large barn in Dreischor. Here he had contact with nature, the land, the sea, the shells and the sun, all elements that he often used both in his paintings and in his watercolors. During his life, Van de Kop kept a sketch journal in which he recorded everything that impressed him on his daily walks in nature. The constantly changing light, the movement of the waves and clouds inspired him again and again to create new shapes.

photos

  • Polredijk Veere flood memorial

  • Rotterdam

  • Vlissingen

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personal data
SURNAME Kop, David van de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vandekop, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1994
Place of death Three choir