Discover watercolorist, sculptor, photographer Wally Elenbaas

Name variations

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: Elenbaas, Waldemar
Elenbaas, Valdemar Hanzen
Elenbaas, Valdemar Hansen

Qualifications: watercolorist, sculptor, photographer, graphic artist, lithographer, monumental artist, designer, painter, draftsperson, wall painter, ceramicist, mosaicist, textile artist

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Rotterdam (city) 1912-04-21

Deceased: Rotterdam (city) 2008-05-21
Collectie Persdocumentatie (2008)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: was gehuwd met Esther Hartog die hij veelvuldig portretteerde (Sinderen 2002)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Elffers, Dick

Elenbaas was assistent van Elffers en exposeerde met hem (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–)

This person/entity in other databases

18 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author
22 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: autodidact

als lithograaf autodidact

Active in

Corsica (regio) 1939 - 1940
Rotterdam (stad) 1940 - 2008
adres: Rechthuislaan 1, Rotterdam (zie overige bronnen, 1959) volgens Scheen 1969-1970
Katendrecht (Rotterdam) 1944
verhuisde naar Katendrecht (Leijerzapf e.a. 1984–)
Spanje 1952 - 1954
Griekenland 1952 - 1954
Portugal 1952 - 1954
Italië 1952 - 1954
Frankrijk 1951 - 1956

Teacher at academy/university: Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Rotterdam)

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Elffers, Dick
Kamman, Jan
Zwart, Piet
Jan Mulder volgens NFM; nadere details onbekend
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Beckers, Elmar Alexander
Gubbels, Klaas
Kooman, Rob
Reihs, Lei
Ruiter, Guus de
Stolk, Leen
Struys, Yvonne
Tsang, Jack

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure, landscape (genre), abstraction, portrait, journalistic photography, Christian religious scene, nude figure, street photography

Medium/technique: wool, gelatin silver print (DOP)
Product: rug, tapestry, photo book
in 2002 verscheen zijn eerste fotoboek (Sinderen 2002); De weg; Langs de straat; De honderd gezichten van Esther Hartog, 2002

Prijzen

bekroond op de Biennale van Venetië (1952) en op de Triennale in Zwitserland (1958) (Scheen 1969-1970)

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 18 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

Scheen 1969-1970 , vol. 1, p. 309 (as: Elenbaas, Valdemar Hansen ('Wally');*)
Jacobs 1993 , vol. 1, p. 323
Van Sinderen et al. 2002 , p. 108-109 (as: Wally, Elenbaas)
Leijerzapf et al. 1984- , vol. 2 (aflevering 37 Geschiedenis Nederlandse Fotografie, september 2005) (as: Elenbaas, Wally)
Kossmann 1992

Fotografie in Nederland 1940-1975, 1978 (Biografieën) (NFM)
Perspektief 1990, 38, p. 93: curriculum (NFM)
Fotografie in Nederland 1920-1940, 1979, Biografie p. 148 (NFM)
Kousbroek, Rudy: 66 Zelfportretten van Nederlandse Fotografen (1988) (NFM)
Broos, K. / Bool, F.: Nieuwe Fotografie in Nederland (1989) (NFM)
Leijerzapf, Ingeborg Th.: Het beslissende beeld (1991) (NFM)
Nieuwsbrief Nederlands Fotoarchief 1992, II/2, Aug. Inlegvel (NFM)
Nieuwsbrief NFA 4, maart 1994, p. 3-4 (NFM)
Album (tent.cat. Boymans Rotterdam 1995) (NFM)
Leijerzapf, I. / Doris Wintgens Hötte: Foto's van vijftig (2003) (NFM)
In Memoriam in De Fotograaf #3, 2008, p. 54

www.wallyelenbaas.nl
Documentatie Ned. Kunststichting (PDO)
Documentatie fotocollectie Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden

Documentation RKD

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Archive location: Archief en collectie Hendrik en To Chabot

External links: http://www.wallyelenbaas.nl

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Creation date: 1991-04-25; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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