Bert van Loo
| Bert van Loo | |
|---|---|
 Bert van Loo – 1998 | |
| Born |
Hubertus Josephus Antoinette van Loo 11 March 1946 Gulpen, Netherlands |
| Died | 19 December 2016 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | Gerrit Rietveld Academy |
| Known for | Sculpture and glass art |
| Notable work | Senza Parole (1998) Amsterdam – Osdorp Kroonluchter (2009) Provinciehuis Noord Holland – Haarlem |
| Website | http://www.bertvanloo.nl/ |
Bert van Loo (Gulpen,[1] 1946 – 2016) was a Dutch sculptor, who mainly worked with glass. He was mainly active in the Netherlands and China.
Biography
Bert van Loo acquired his sculptors education from 1969 to 1973 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Van Loo worked mainly with the material glass, mostly in combination with the materials bronze, lead, stone en wood. Van Loo was a teacher en guest teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Royal College of Art, Londen, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, US, and many other art academies in Europe, US, Japan, Australia and China. From 1975 until 2014, Bert van Loo was also advisor and curator, for many organisations like the Council for Culture in The Hague, the Mondriaan Fund in Amsterdam, the Government of Amsterdam, Amstelveen and also for the Levant Art Gallery[2] in Shanghai, China.
He realized works in the public space in the Netherlands and also in China. Bert van Loo had solo exhibitions as well with fellow artists in the Netherlands and most European countries, as well as America, Australia, Japan and China.[3]
He won different awards and in 2006 he received a retrospective: in Museum Fundación Centro Del Vidrio, La Granja[4] – Segovia, Spain. His work is in the collection of different museum's, private collections and corporate collections.
Art works Bert van Loo
Glass art from Bert van Loo for the Government of Leidschendam, Rotonde Nieuwstraat, Leidschendam, the Netherlands.[5]
'Grain of Sand' ('Zandkorrel') publicly known as 'The Egg' - Government of Noord-Oost Polder, the Netherlands[6]
Artwork 'FIVE CLOUDS' (Vijf Wolken) 1993 from Bert van Loo for the government of Amsterdam, Mauritskade, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[7]
'Senza Parole' is a glass art statue from Bert van Loo for the Government of Amsterdam - Osdorp, the Netherlands.[8]
Glass art from Bert van Loo for the Grand Palace Hotel in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 2011 - International Horticultural Exposition 2011, Xi'an, China.[9]
'LEDA AND THE SWAN' 1999 Bert van Loo for the Government of Haarlemmermeer in Zwanenwater (Swanwater), Nieuw Vennep, the Netherlands.[10]
CHANDELIER Bert van Loo in the Province House of Noord-Holland - Haarlem, the Netherlands, 2009.[11]
'CONTINUOUS' 2012 Bert van Loo for the exposition in honor of the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and China. Rolling Snowball/3-Guangzhou 10 Nov. - 3 Dec.2012. Now part of the collection of: Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai – China.[12]
External links
- Website Bert Van Loo
- Website of The Dutch Society of Sculptors (NKVB) with Bert van Loo's work
- Website of the Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja (Fundación Centro Del Vidrio) – the museum of Vidrio, Spain, with a retrospective of Bert van Loo
- Short film from Diana Taylor of Bert van Loo making a model on YouTube
References
- ↑ Gulpen: First sculpture of Bert van Loo in Gulpen.
- ↑ Exclusive Exhibition of Contemporary Glass Art from Europe in the Levant Art gallery, Shangai, 2013 Archived 20 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Press release of the Chinese European Art Centre (ceac)
- ↑ Bert van Loo : naturalezas cruzadas – cutting through nature
- ↑ Image and Art Archive - Art in the Public Space - Government Leidschendam. Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 'Grain of Sand' ('Zandkorrel') publicly known as 'the Egg' - Government of Noord-Oost Polder, the Netherlands.
- ↑ Amsterdam: Artwork 1993 Mauritskade 61, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (search for: Loo, Bert van - 1993)
- ↑ 'Senza Parole’ - Amsterdam, Osdorpplein (search for: Osdorplein)
- ↑ Short film (in Chinese) with Bert van Loo - International Horticultural Exposition 2011 Xi'an China. Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Leda en de Zwaan, Gemeente Haarlemmermeer, 1999.
- ↑ Short film of Claire Taylor about the chandelier in the Province House of Noord Holland – Haarlem. on YouTube
- ↑ Continuous 2012 Exposition in honor of the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and China. Rolling Snowball/3-Guangzhou 10 Nov. - 3 Dec. 2012. Now part of the collection of: Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai – China.
