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Very beautiful bronze statue made in 1998 by Astrid Veldhuyzen-Koppen (1952). Signed with monogram AV lower left.
Dimensions 9 x 20 x 4 cm (h x w x d). Weight 455 grams.
Astrid Koppen (Utrecht, 1952) is a Dutch sculptor and draftsman. She is also listed as Astrid Veldhuyzen or Astrid Veldhuyzen-Koppen.
Koppen was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium. She then followed a course in ceramics in Gouda. In 1993 she opened her own studio 'In Beeld' in Heelsum. Koppen makes figurative sculptures in clay, concrete and bronze, in which humans play a major role.
Some works[edit
2004 - Headwind at the Ter Peel women's prison in Evertsoord.
2004 - Monument Waalwijk 700, Town Hall Square, Waalwijk
2004 - Peace Monument, Peace Square, Waalwijk
2007 - Papendrecht 900 years, Veerweg, Papendrecht
2007 - Guardians of the dike, Lelystad[2]
2008 - Flute player, Visseringlaan, Emmeloord
2014 - Waving woman with child, at the former Waalwijk Station
2008 - Living together, Sommelsdijk
statuette of the Rotterdam Marketing Award, awarded in 2014 to Martin van Waardenberg