"Greetje" 2000 - 2005

Margriet Barends

BronzeMetal
43 cm
ConditionExcellent
Price on request

Dille Art

• About the artwork
  About this piece
  
  Beautiful Torso of Greetje. She exudes strength, self-confidence, and a certain joy. This is effectively conveyed through the cubist style of Margriet Barends' work.
  
  The torso also has an impressive size, standing 37 cm tall and 43 cm including the stone base. It is made of lost-wax cast bronze (cire perdue). The sculpture is signed on the back of the right leg with Margriet Barends' monogram, ‘MB’ in a circle, and is numbered 1/12.
  
  Margriet Barends (born in 1958) was educated in Utrecht at the School for Graphic Arts and at the Artibus Academy, where she studied under sculptor Jan van Luijn.
  
  She primarily creates figurative sculptures in bronze or corten steel, often focusing on human and animal subjects. She also paints with oil and acrylics. Margriet Barends is a member of the Kunstliefde Society and the Artists’ Association “De Groninger Kroon.” Her works have been exhibited at various sculpture gardens, at Palace Het Loo, and at Museum De Buitenplaats.
  
  This bronze was part of a private collection and was acquired in 2005 at Galerie Aelbrecht, Rotterdam.
  
  Measurements:
  Height: 37 cm (14,57")
  Inclusief sokkel:
  Height: 43 cm (16,93")
• About the artist

  Margriet Barends studied at the School for Graphic Arts and the Artibus Academy in Utrecht, where she was taught by sculptor Jan van Luijn.

  Her oeuvre consists mainly of figurative sculptures in bronze and corten steel, in which humans and animals are central. She also paints with oil and acrylic paint and makes pastels and drawings.

  Barends is a member of the Genootschap Kunstliefde and the Artists' Society De Groninger Kroon. Her work has been exhibited in various sculpture gardens and museums, including Paleis Het Loo and Museum De Buitenplaats.

  Some of her public works include:

  -The handreiking (1991), peace monument in Montfoort.
  -Sleeping giant (1997), Vijzelplantsoen in LinschotenWadende vrouw (1999), also in Linschoten.

  -Facade images of Elisabeth van Thüringen and Saint George (2008), Bagijnestraat in Deventer.
  -Trekschuit (2014), Singel in Ulrum.

  In 2005, Barends moved to Ulrum with her husband, painter Harm van der Meulen.

  Her work is characterized by influences from De Stijl, Bauhaus and Cubism, in which she strives for powerful images without frills and emphasizes the essence of form and line.

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