On the Essence of Landscape

On the Essence of Landscape
6 September 2019 to 19 January 2020| Draiflessen Collection

Draiflessen Collection
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The second showcase exhibition during Rembrandt Year 2019 presents two artists determined to find an answer:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, who sought to capture the atmosphere, the uniqueness, of a particular stretch of land, and Frisian artist Jan van der Kooi, who uses traditional methods and drawing techniques to discover the inner being, the intrinsic power, of people, animals, and landscapes.
Van der Kooi’s (*1957) more than 150 sketchbooks will be on view for the first time in this exhibition and will be shown alongside a selection of Rembrandt’s landscape etchings.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a trilingual publication (German, Dutch, English).


Credits
Jan van der Kooi, Regen Venhoop, 2017, © Jan van der Kooi, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, photo: Stephan Kube

Jan van der Kooi, Land van Maas en Waal, 2019, © Jan van der Kooi, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, photo: Stephan Kube

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, View of Amsterdam, c. 1641,
© Draiflessen Collection, Liberna, photo: Stephan Kube

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Landscpae with three Trees, c. 1641, 
© Draiflessen Collection, Liberna, photo: Stephan Kube