Kees Verwey 心地よい空間へ
情緒、 ではない
ギャラリーを見る
ムードを選ぶだけで、空間がそれに応えます。光は冷たさや温もりを帯び、空気の流れが変わり、その感情を宿した作品だけが暗闇の中から浮かび上がります。それ以外のすべては、影の中へと退いていくのです。
Kees Verwey
A Life Within the Studio Walls Kees Verwey lived much of his life in a 17th-century building on the Spaarne in Haarlem. He was born in Amsterdam and grew up surrounded by a family deeply rooted in culture, being the nephew of the poet Albert Verwey and the architect H.P. Berlage. His early years were shaped by the collections he saw through his uncle, including works by Isaac Israels and Willem Witsen. These early encounters with still
lifes, particularly those by Floris Verster, left a lasting mark on how he approached a subject. His formal training took him to the School for Arts and Crafts in Haarlem and later to the Rijksacademische van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. He studied under teachers such as Henri Frédéric Boot, Johannes Hendricus Jurres, and Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. While he attended these institutions, he often found himself drawn back to the less…