Leon van den Eijkel

Leon van den Eijkel (born 1940) is a Dutch-born New Zealand artist who studied at The Hague's Royal Academy of Art from 1958 to 1963. In 1967 he moved to Leiden.[2] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1986. van den Eijkel has exhibited widely in Europe, the United States, and New Zealand, and is represented in many major public and private collections.

Leon van den Eijkel
Born1940[1]
The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materRoyal Academy of Art, The Hague
OccupationArtist

Education

Studied at the Royal Academy of Arts,The Hague, 1958–1963[3]

Style

His use of colour has been heavily influenced by the works of Mondrian which he saw as a child in his native Netherlands. After moving to New Zealand and visiting the Kauri forests he was inspired to produce a series of works based on urban trees which culminated in the Urban Forest sculpture in Wellington. This work has the size and heft of a Kauri tree trunk combined with his trademark primary colours.[4] He collaborated on this work and other large fabricated steel pieces with the engineer Alan Brown and the team at Metal Art Ltd.[5]

Public collections

He is represented in major international collections including:[3]

  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
  • Museum Boijman, Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands;
  • Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium;
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York;
  • Te papa Tongarewa,Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.

Notable works
Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape (1996), installed at Gibbs Farm
  • Mondrian after Mondriaan shown both at Galerir Stelling, Leiden (1993) and Museum of New Zealand (1995)[2]
  • Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape (1996) – Gibbs Farm, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand.[6]
  • The Black Paintings (1997) New work Studio, Wellington New Zealand[7]
  • Tourism on the Line (1998) - Galerie Y-burg, Amsterdam[2]
  • The Long Cloud Paintings (1999) Archill Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand[2]
  • A Walk in the Clouds (2004) – New Zealand Embassy, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Light of Colour (2005) – Brian R Richards Ltd, Auckland New Zealand [8][3]
  • Urban Forest (2007) – Cobham Drive, Wellington, New Zealand[9]
  • The Smiling Windmills (2008) – Avalon Park, Lower Hutt, New Zealand[10][11][12]
  • Cross(Road) (2009) – Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, New Zealand[13]
  • The Remembrance Windmill (2009) Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, Sydney., Australia[3]
  • The Next Big Family Series (2009) Plantage Galerie, Leiden, The Netherlands[3]
  • Towards Photography (2011) Toi Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland NZ[14]
  • Colour Coding (2012) New paintings and works on paper. Bowen Galleries, Wellington NZ[14]
  • Baubles (2013) Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Warkworth, New Zealand [3]
  • The The Playing Windmills (2014) Hobsonville Point Primary School, Auckland New Zealand[3]
  • The Geometric Totem Pole (2017) Brick Bay Sculpture Trail, Warkworth, New Zealand..[3]

References
  1. "Artists Catalogue". Bowen Galleries. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. 4 : Gretchen Albrecht, Marijke De Goey, James Ross, Leon Van Den Eijkel. Bell, Leonard, 1945–. [Auckland, N.Z.]: [James Ross]. 2000. ISBN 0-473-06943-1. OCLC 155666178.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Leon van den Eijkel Bio". Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. "Autumn 2009 Studio | Art News New Zealand". Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. "Urban Forest Cubes". www.metalart.co.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. "Leon van den Eijkel, Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape – Gibbs Farm". gibbsfarm.org.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. Van den Eijkel, Leon, 1940– (1998). Red cloud confrontation : the journey. Ross, James, 1948–. Auckland. N.Z.: Keystone Press. ISBN 0-473-05478-7. OCLC 154184751.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. "Light of Colour". www.blackasterisk.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  9. "Wellington Sculpture Trust | The Sculptures". www.sculpture.org.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. "Smiling Windmill". www.metalart.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. Inc., STQRY. "Smiling Windmills – Discover – STQRY". discover.stqry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  12. Edwards, Simon (16 January 2012). "Frowns of concern over missing Smiling Windmill". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  13. "Cross(Road)". discover.stqry.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  14. "Bowen Galleries :: Artists Catalogue". www.bowengalleries.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.


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