During the sixties and seventies, Jaap van den Ende’s paintings were regarded and highly appreciated as exemplary for functionalist movements in that time. Standing out in their cool, geometric composition and conceptual colour investigations, his abstract paintings gained international esteem and were acquired by numerous private and museum collections.
From the nineties onwards, Jaap van den Ende made a startling turn by introducing figurative elements into his work. His current practice is still strongly defined by figuration: close to photorealistic landscapes are submerged by abstractions in colour and form, offering oppositions in reason and emotion, system and intuition, formal and organic semblance all at once.
From the nineties onwards, Jaap van den Ende made a startling turn by introducing figurative elements into his work. His current practice is still strongly defined by figuration: close to photorealistic landscapes are submerged by abstractions in colour and form, offering oppositions in reason and emotion, system and intuition, formal and organic semblance all at once.
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Jaap van den Ende is a conceptual painter. After his important systematic works from the 70s and early 80s, he started his fruitful search for connection between figuration and abstraction. In every series he achieves new ways to make extremes merge disregarding hierarchy within a painting. As a young artist, Van den Ende quickly made a name for himself within the movement of the 'fundamental painting' and immediately received international recognition.
Jaap van den Ende (1944, Delft, The Netherlands) studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunst in The Hague. His rich oeuvre is to be found in various collections, including the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Museum Bochum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden; CODA Museum, Apeldoorn; Rijksdienst Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, Den Haag; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Het Prinsenhof, Delft; and Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. He recently exhibited with Ger Dekkers, Jan Dibbets, and Ger van Elk in the show Broken Landscapes at Situation Kust in Bochum (2014). Other exhibitions were held at Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, FR (2001) Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn (1984), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1982), Galerijs Sucremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb (1980), and repeatedly at Het Prinsenhof, Delft; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; De Lakenhal, Leiden; Haags Gemeente Museum, and Parts Project, The Hague. Van den Ende has written various books about his vision on art and his personal practice. He lives and works in Delft.
Jaap van den Ende (1944, Delft, The Netherlands) studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunst in The Hague. His rich oeuvre is to be found in various collections, including the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Museum Bochum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden; CODA Museum, Apeldoorn; Rijksdienst Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, Den Haag; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Het Prinsenhof, Delft; and Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. He recently exhibited with Ger Dekkers, Jan Dibbets, and Ger van Elk in the show Broken Landscapes at Situation Kust in Bochum (2014). Other exhibitions were held at Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, FR (2001) Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn (1984), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1982), Galerijs Sucremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb (1980), and repeatedly at Het Prinsenhof, Delft; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; De Lakenhal, Leiden; Haags Gemeente Museum, and Parts Project, The Hague. Van den Ende has written various books about his vision on art and his personal practice. He lives and works in Delft.
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