Axel en Helena van der Kraan were a sculptor-duo from the Netherlands, consisting of Axel van der Kraan (born 1949) and Helena van der Kraan-Maazel (1940–2020), active as sculptors and draftsman. Axel en Helena van der Kraan; group / Netherlandish; sculptor, draftsman at rkd.nl, 2015.
Live and work They lived and worked together in Rotterdam since 1987. In 1989, they were awarded the Hendrik Chabot Award. In 1990, at the Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, there was a retrospective of their work with sculptors, drawings, and photography.Kraan, Axel en Helena van der – Crouwel, Wim (introd.). Axel en Helena van der Kraan. Ruimtelijk werk/Sculpture. Tekeningen/Drawings. Fotografie/Photography, Rotterdam: Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, 1990.
Helena van der Kraan-Maazel died 14 June 2020 (her 80th birthday) in Rotterdam from cancer.Gitte Brugman, "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan overleden", Leeuwarder Courant, 16 June 2020. She was described as an artist, who "observed with a concerned look, who recorded her surroundings in noiseless portraits."Toef Jaeger. "Fotograaf Helena van der Kraan observeerde met een betrokken blik", NRC.nl, 16 June 2020.
According to Henny de Lange, Helena van der Kraan mainly sought with her photography "the beauty of the everyday."Henny de Lange."Helena van der Kraan zoekt de schoonheid van het alledaagse," Trouw, 11 juni 2005
Exhibitions, a selection 1978. Galerie Espace, Amsterdam."Twee objecten van Axel en Helena van der Kraan: Wassende Vrouw en Zwangere Vrouw," De Volkskrant. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1978/04/21. 1989. Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen.Aad Kruijning. "SCHROOTKUNST VAN DE VAN DER KRAANS," De Telegraaf. Amsterdam, 1989/12/15, p. 18.Joost van den Hooff, "De Strijd van Axel en Helena van der Kraan," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 1989/11/17, p. 15.
Works in public space 1989, Schillepaard van de Schilderswijk, The Hague 1999, Keteltje, Wormerveer 2006, De Smid, Barendrecht
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External links
Axel van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl. Helena van der Kraan at rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl.