We are relocating!
Starting today, we will be occupied with packing and moving our internet store inventory. The entire collection needs to be transferred from Leidschendam to Oegstgeest, and this will take some time.
If all goes according to plan, we will be fully operational again on November 21st, but until then, it may happen that we are unable to immediately assist you with your order. We ask for your understanding, but as soon as possible, your order will be fulfilled with the utmost speed.
In his early work, Daan van Golden (Rotterdam, 1936) crafts expressive and abstract canvases, painted in black and white. The turning point comes when he embarks on a trip to Japan in 1962. From that moment on, motifs from everyday life become Van Golden’s starting point and he paints meticulously detailed handkerchiefs, tea towels, and wrapping paper. He uses Japanese lacquer paint, which causes the brushstroke to become almost invisible. A smooth surface is formed. Van Golden creates the straight line and checkerboard patterns by masking parts of the canvas with tape.
The motifs and patterns from everyday reality continue to appear in Van Golden’s oeuvre. Over time, in the 1970s and 1980s, his work is joined by pieces inspired by high and low culture and its various representatives. Van Golden quotes painters he admires by enlarging and recreating fragments of their work, and also portrays musicians and movie stars. Details from the oeuvres of Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, and Jackson Pollock make an appearance. Brigitte Bardot, Fats Domino, and Amadeus Mozart are just a few examples of icons featured in Van Golden’s work. In Blauwe studie naar Matisse (1982) he paints the parakeet from Matisse’s De parkiet en de zeemeermin (1952) on a large format – 188.5 by 118 centimeters. He uses a slide that he enlarges dramatically, giving the parakeet in his painting jagged contours.
Under the title Youth as an Art, Van Golden photographs his daughter Diana until she reaches eighteen. The photos also show the many places that Van Golden visits with his family, from trips to the United States to travels to Nepal, Mexico, Honduras, and India.
Van Golden studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam (1954-1959). In 1999, he represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale. Van Golden’s work can be found in the collections of various renowned museums and galleries.
