Barend Blankert - Tafel voor gestreept behang - Sold

“ Table for striped wallpaper ” was presented in 1972 in gallery Balans (Lauriergracht) by Deborah Wolf *). Not long after, it was purchased by Co de Koning for the corporate collection of Horringa & De Koning**). In 2014 the current owner came to work. Barend Blankert mainly presents his work at Pien Braat's Galerie Mineta au LAC in Brussels. (www.minetafineart.com). The level of gallery prices for work by Barend Blankert is generally between € 10,000 and € 22,000, depending on the format. Blankert, 1941 He grew up in Kampen. In 1948 the family moved to Sneek, where his father became rector of the gymnasium.[1] From 1954 to 1957, he spent a long time in Schiedam, and from 1957 to 1960 he was back in Sneek. After passing the HBS-b State Exam, he studied from 1960 to 1963 at the National Normal School for the Training of Drawing Teachers, in Amsterdam.[2] After completing his studies, he started a school year in 1963 as an art teacher in the lyceum in Den Helder. From 1966 to 1969 he was an art teacher at the Agricultural Housekeeping School in Gorredijk, and from 1967 to 1972 at the gymnasium in Sneek. From 1966 to 1972 he also taught at the Vredeman de Vries Academy in Leeuwarden, and from 1971 to 1992 at the Minerva Academy in Groningen.[3][2] In addition to his teaching duties, Blankert built on his career as a painter. In 1963 he was nominated for the Talens Prize, and he won a Bronze Medal Europe Prize four times from the city of Ostend in 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1976. In 1999 he received the Smelik & Stokking Prize and in 2006 the Sacha Tanja Penning. The work is accompanied by a small exhibition catalog from 1974 from the Institute Néerlandais, 121 Rue de Lille, Paris 7, as well as 2 catalogues.
*) Debbie Wolf, 1938 (Deborah Wolf-Spelman and later Deborah Campert-Spelman) At the end of 1966, the gallerist and Paul Mertz founded the Pribaut gallery on Wibautstraat, owned by Advertising Agency Prad (Het Parool, April 12, 1979 and Prinses, March 17, 1973). Before that she worked for a year at Galerie 20 of Felix Valk (Het Parool, 5 March 1970). After the closure of the Pribaut gallery, she opened her own gallery under the name Galerie Balans. From 1980-2003 she was advisor art collection ABN AMRO. From 1990-2009 also advisor for private collections. Her first husband was writer and songwriter Eelco Wolf (Prinses, 17 March 1973). Her current husband is writer Remco Campert (Het Parool, 3 April 1976). **) Co de Koning, 1935- 2011 Co-founder of Consultancy Horringa & De Koning in 1968, acquired by The Boston Consulting Group in 1993. In 1978, De Koning resigned due to a disagreement and started his own business.