Huub Kortekaas - exceptional graphic work by this renowned sculptor! glossy edition - Sold

• Artist: Huub Kortekaas (1935-2024)
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• Year: 1995
• Technique: color screen printing
• Edition: 333
• Dimensions (sheet): 45 x 65 cm (WxH)
• Dimensions (image): 60 x 80 cm (WxH)
• Signature: Hand-signed
• Condition: very good condition

Gerardus Leonardus Hubertus (Huub) Kortekaas ('s-Gravenzande, July 17, 1935 – Winssen, August 31, 2024) was a Dutch visual artist. Life and work Kortekaas was born in 1935 in the Westland as the son of a market gardener. Initially, he chose the profession of teacher. As an artist, he was self-taught. He created his first sculpture, of Erasmus, at the age of twenty-five for the University Library in Nijmegen. At the age of thirty, he definitively chose to become a visual artist. Between 1960 and 1964, he worked in the Oude Toren in Winssen. In 1965, he moved to Doddendaal Castle in Ewijk. In that year, Kortekaas met the landscape architect Adelheid van Swelm, and from that time on, they worked closely together. Their first of at least five sculptures in the municipality of Beuningen, which are present in the church villages of Weurt, Ewijk, Winssen, as well as in Beuningen itself, dates from 1965. From their marriage in 1969, they presented themselves as the artist duo Huub and Adelheid Kortekaas. Their two children were born at Doddendaal. In 1974, the family moved to Afferden. From 1978, the couple lived and worked in Winssen. During the time they lived on the De Essenhof estate in Winssen, until 1995, they designed The Spiritual Garden. It contains five boxwood-enclosed garden areas, each displaying a work of art designed by the couple in the center. These five artworks depict the five world religions. From 1995, the artist duo built the Tempelhof in Winssen. From 2002, they worked there on the Universal Spiritual Garden, drawing inspiration from the symbolism of numbers. In the sixth garden, the Temple of Universal Spirituality slowly rose, "where all religions flow together into one large monumental, open temple," according to Adelheid. This approximately one-hectare, artistically shaped country estate in Winssen has been the youngest artwork to be included by the Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) as part of the National Cultural Heritage Monumental Interior Ensembles since 2018. Since 2020, it has also been included in the global Iconic Houses network. In addition to both projects, Kortekaas also created various sculptures, often executed in Corten steel. For instance, since June 2007, his sculpture of a 'seated angel' in the form of a plant has stood along the Veilingroute in Naaldwijk, resting on an inverted flowerpot amidst the businesses in Honselerdijk in the municipality of Westland. The dimensions of this sculpture are 333 × 666 × 999 cm. Filmmaker Pepeyn Langedijk made a documentary and a short film about the life and work of Huub Kortekaas in 2005 and 2007, respectively. On May 13, 2016, KRO-NCRV featured the De Essenhof estate within the program Binnenste Buiten, including the house, the gardens, and the five artworks depicting the five world religions. In 2022, local broadcaster RN7 dedicated a television report to the life and work of the artist duo. Kortekaas passed away on August 31, 2024, at the age of 89.