An exhibition of chess art was opened in the Dutch town of Druten on Sunday, June 8th, and will run until Monday, June 30, 2008. The exact location is the Cultural Center D’n Bogerd in Druten, Van Heemstraweg 53, 6651 KH Druten, The Netherlands. There are paintings by fifteen Dutch artists, all thematically linked to the game of chess. A similar exposition was held last year at the EUWE Stimulans in Arnhem. The current edition includes new pieces by artists Henryette Weijmar Schultz, Boldriaan, Jan Langendam, Karin Miedema, Berry and Anna Kool-Troost. Also we get to see, for the first time, works by Tjerk Zijlstra.
All of this is the work of Margreet Wevers and Geert van Tongeren, who in 2005 had the idea of doing something around chess and art. They called this project and the company Schaakkunst (schaak = chess and kunst = art). Schaakkunst made contact with several artists who use the theme chess in their work. In August of 2005 they started the website www.schaakkunst.nl, in the beginning with only two artists and their own works.
“The Birth of Global Chess”, Boldriaan
Visitors at the chess exposition in Druten
A visitor admiring the picture "Playing chess" by Boldriaan
"Playing Chess" is 80 x 60 cm in size, oil on on canvas, and sells
for €1.250
IM Hans Böhm opened the exhibition by showing the study that inspired
"Zwickmühle"
"The Zwickmühle", by Tjerk
Zijlstra, 70 x 70 cm, oil on linen, €2,575
Paintings by Anna
Kool-Troost, a set of six, 61x 111 cm, mixed technique on panel, €675
each
"The puzzle of Shinkman", by Tjerk
Zijlstra, 50 x 100 cm, oil on linen, €2,575
Another painting by Tjerk Zijlstra, "The enchantment of the Bantry Bay",
60 x 110 cm, oil on linen, €3,150
"Proskurowski", by Tjerk Zijlstra, 60 x 80 cm, oil on linen, €2,700
Chess Ballet", by Henryette
Weijmar Schultz, 21x 70.5 cm, oil on masonite, €700
"The book of dreams", by Boldriaan,
100 x 100 cm, oil on canvas, €2,450
"Gilgamesh", by Boldriaan, 80 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, €1,250
"After the Game", by Jan
Langendam, 70 x 100 cm, €1,100
"War of the Worlds", by Jan Langendam, 70 x 100 cm, €1,100
"The Preparation", by Jan Langendam, 140 x 100 cm, one of a triptych,
€1,500, or €4,000 for the complete triptych
"L' Arrivée", by Henryette
Weijmar Schultz, 93 x 51 cm, framed, oil on masonite, €2,000
Chess table by Geert
van Tongeren, birch wood, meranti wood, special glass, with lighting effect
(checkered squares are only visible when the light is on), 46 x 46 x 50 cm,
€625
Mosaic chess table by Geert van Tongeren, wrought iron, ceramics
mosaic, diameter 60 cm, height: 71 cm, €295
| Aad van den Bosch | Den Bosch |
| Alie Kalverda | Alkmaar |
| Anna Kool-Troost | Callantsoog |
| Arif Telaku | Tiel |
| Berry | Heiloo |
| Boldriaan | Spijkenisse |
| Geert van Tongeren | Druten |
| Henryette Weijmar Schultz | Groningen |
| Iris Slock | Venlo |
| Ivon Drummen | Heerlen |
| Jan Langendam | Rotterdam |
| Karin Miedema | Eindhoven |
| Margreet Wevers | Velp |
| Marianne Brus | Capelle aan den Ijssel |
| Tjerk Zijlstra | Amersfoort |
Most of the work shown above is for sale and can be found at the online shop www.chess-art.eu. At this shop one can find beautiful chess-sets and many smaller articles, like calendars, art prints, chess-art-wine, etc. All nice things to get or give as a present.
