The life and art work of Ek Van Zanten, Dutch Artist, Sculptor
by Ek van Zanten Wassenaar, 1974 Approx. 55 cm Ek van Zanten creates many people in action. The sculpture ‘The Swimmers’ exemplifies the sporting theme. The beauty of the dynamics of the fast-swimming man with the suggestion of water between them. This sculpture was created for an art exhibition at the Wassenaar town hall.
by Ek van Zanten Rotterdam, 1970 Washington, 1971 Approx. 240/200 cm Ek was commissioned to create a monument, a sculpture commemorating the deadly flood disaster in 1953. He went to see how dikes were repaired and built: mattresses of willow branches, to anchor the dike to the ground, were made on the seabed and then
by Ek van Zanten Olympic Stadion Amsterdam, 1978 Approx. 190/150 cm The statue at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam was commissioned. It depicts the first minute of the 1974 World Cup final between West Germany and the Netherlands, when Cruyff was tackled in the German penalty area. The Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff and the German
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by Ek van Zanten Hilversum and Heemstede, 1962 Approx. 120/150 cm In the greek mythology, a Phoenician princess, Europa, was charmed by a bull and at the end of the story, the bull swam with her to Crete where he revealed himself as Zeus. They had two sons: Castor and Pollux. I found this story
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by Ek van Zanten Rom, Italy, 1959 Private property Approx. 50/25 cm When Ek lived in Rome, he looked out of his window in the centre of Rome and saw an enormous American car driving through the narrow streets. This unusual view and the strong connotation of the American car, the car of his father
by Ek van Zanten Sonsbeek, te Arnhem, 1954 Private collection Approx. 175/230 cm In 1955, Ek van Zanten participated in the third edition of the international open-air exhibition at Park Sonsbeek in Arnhem with a large sculpture, Lady in Chair. Lady in Chair is a free work. In 1954 van Zanten spent eight months in
Zaltbommel, the Netherlands, 1933 Ek van Zanten’s father was a violinist and his mother a painter. His maternal grandfather, J.G. Wattjes, professor of architecture at the Delft University of Technology, gave eight-year-old Ek a lump of clay with which he made his first figurines. School of Arts and Crafts In 1946, Ek Van Zanten took the entrance
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