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. 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. Notable artworks include the artwork Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape (1996), at Gibbs Farm,[2] near Auckland; Urban Forest (2007), a sculpture on Wellington's Meridian Energy Wind Sculpture walk;[3] and The Smiling Windmills (2008), installed in Lower Hutt's Avalon Park.[4][5]

Leon van den Eijkel
Born1940[1]
The Hague, Netherlands
Alma materRoyal Academy of Art, The Hague
OccupationArtist
Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape (1996), installed at Gibbs Farm

References
  1. "Artists Catalogue". Bowen Galleries. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  2. "Leon van den Eijkel, Red Cloud Confrontation in Landscape". Gibbs Farm. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. "Wellington Sculpture Trust | The Sculptures". www.sculpture.org.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. Edwards, Simon (16 January 2012). "Frowns of concern over missing Smiling Windmill". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. Inc., STQRY. "Smiling Windmills - Discover - STQRY". discover.stqry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.


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