Sleeping Frog by Pieter Vanden Daele
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Sleeping Frog 2000 - 2023

Pieter Vanden Daele

BronzeMetal
30 cm
ConditionExcellent
€ 3.795

Morren Galleries Utrecht

  • About the artist

    Pieter Vanden Daele was born in Belgium in 1971. He grew up between lakes and the river Scheldt. The river De Scheldt and the variety of lakes are an ideal environment for fishermen. When his friends went fishing, Pieter took painting lessons at the Oudenaarde academy. At a young age Pieter became fascinated by the underwater world and fauna. In 2000 he worked at an art foundation in Oudenaarde, where he learned how to make molds and how to cast and patronize bronze. His passions came together in 2003 and he started casting bronze sculptures of mainly carp.

    The fish that he makes have a special texture, a skin with scales translated into bronze. VandenDaele has developed its own technology for this. Pieter builds the original model from organic material, such as leaves, wood, leather, wax and many other materials. He uses various organic materials in his molds to create special prints and structures in the skin of the bronze. This gives the sculptures so much character that names such as Ferox, Alphons and Ludwig do not surprise us.

    The fish are alive, caught for eternity. Just as nature keeps prehistoric fish trapped in fossils. Not only the vibrancy of the fish in his images make him a great artist, but also the beautiful patina he uses for his artworks. All his images are limited editions: each design is cast to a maximum of eight times, plus four Epreuves Artistes. His bronze sculptures or different types of fish have been exhibited throughout Europe.

    EDUCATION

    Academie van Oudenaarde

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

    2017 London Art Fair Islington, London UK
    2017 Realisme Amsterdam, Morren Galleries, Amsterdam NL
    2016 BRAFA Brussels 
    2016 Decorative Fair London 
    2016 Kunst en Antiek Naarden Vesting 
    2016 Art und Antik Münster 
    2016 PAD Paris 
    2016 Art Breda
    2015 BRAFA Brussels
    2015 Pad Paris
    2015 London Art Fair Islington
    2015 British Art Fair London
    2015 Art Toronto
    2014 BRAFA Brussels 
    2014 Arts and Design Fair Miami 
    2014 PAD Paris 
    2014 British Art Fair London 
    2014 Art Toronto 

    ART FAIRS (SELECTED)

    Art Breda, Pad Parijs, Art und Antik Münster, British Art Fair, Brafa Brussels, Decorative Fair London, Art Toronto

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