Peter Zondervan
born 25 april 1938 in Tondano (Indonesia)
Son of an Indonesian woman from Manado
and a Dutch schoolteacher from Friesland
Education:
Rijksnormaalschool, (in the garden of the Rijksmuseum)
Amsterdam 1956 - 1957 teacher J. van Tongeren
Vrije Gooische Academie (at Hamdorff)
Laren NH 1957 - 1959 teachers H.J. Slijper, K. Schrikker, G. van Wijland
From 1961 till 1967 the works were signed with mother's name, Tumbelaka
Commissions:
various designs placards portraits and other private commissions
electronical music compositions masks for dances in Kopenhagen, Denemarken
Acquisitions:
private and collectionists various art-collections,
i.e. Instituut Collectie Nederland, Collectie AMC,
Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Publications:
catalogue exhibition Stockholm, with poetry
various newspapers and magazines
mentioned in: P.A. Scheen 1750-1950 Benelux-lexicon
and AKKU Aktuele Kunst 2002
'Peter Zondervan in licht en donker'
'Peter Zondervan in light and dark'
little book with sixteen pictures type-setting : Helvetica light
lithography : B.V. Photogravure Van Leer - Utrecht
print : Drukteam - Laren NH
binding : Boekbinderij Kloosterman B.V. - Amsterdam
some exhibitions:
'60 Leeuwarden, Galerie Van Hulsen 't Frysk Palet group
'62 Laren NH, kunstzaal Hamdorff group
'65 Amsterdam, Museum Fodor group
'71 Amsterdam, Mozes en Aäronkerk Vredesweek electronic music composition
'72 Stockholm Zweden, Ung Generation
at the same time there was the second environment-conference (after Rome),
Zondervan's paintings and poems were addressing it.
'80 Amsterdam, Bijenkorf solo photographs and gouaches
'85 Laren NH, Singermuseum Herfstflora 24 photographs 70 x 50 cm.
barks from trees standing on the two main roads between Laren and Blaricum
and compositions made of the process of compost, from leaves to fertile soil.
'87 Hilversum, Galerie Boersma solo
10 painted doors outside the gallery and inside an exhibition with gouaches
'89 Amsterdam, Antiquités & Modern Arts solo
'94 Leeuwarden, Avéro It Frysk Palet reunion group
'95 Leeuwarden, Avéro '50 jaar vrij' group conceptual art
'96 Leeuwarden, Galerie van den Berg group
'04 St.-Jacobiparochie, De Groate Kerk Slikwerk group
'05 Stiens, Gemeentehuis solo
'05 Nieuwebildtdijk, De Noordster solo
'06 Nieuwebildtdijk, Atelier Elbow solo
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The acrylic paintings shown on this website are a combination of landscapes and calligraphy.
Zondervan's style, his handwriting, has similarities with waves and clouds. It associates with
water, land and the sky. His regular use of phtalo-blue reminds us of the sea.
These works are obviously inspired by the surroundings Zondervan lives in.
The north-west part of Friesland, upnorth in the Netherlands, is a very flat landscape,
with a wide horizon, a big sky, and behind the dikes always the restless sea.
you paint you write
you find a way
to the never ending way
Willem Hussem
