Dolf Henkes and Curaçao
By: compiled and edited by Cathy Jacob ; text by David Bade, Verele Engels, Erik Hammerstein, Jan de Heer, Julie Hengeveld, Cathy Jacob, Sandra Smets, Jennifer Smit, Tirzo Martha and Nathalie Menke
Contributors: Henkes, Dolf, 1903-; Curaçaosch Museum; Instituto Buena Bista; Maritiem Museum Curaca̧o
Publisher: LM Publishers
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Volendam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9789460225017
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Exhibitions; Travel; In art
Description: At the end of 1945, at the invitation of the doctor and artist Chris Engels, the Rotterdam-born artist Dolf Henkes boarded a boat to Curaçao. He took fifty paintings with him and made two important murals on the island, in the terminal building of Hato Airport and in the chapel of the Sint Elisabeth Hospital. In the summer of 1947 he travelled on to Mexico and New York. Curaçao's colours, light and people made a deep impression on him following the dark years of the Second World War in the Netherlands. He succeeded in translating the island's archetypal qualities and themes into a highly personal, modern idiom. Curaçao remained close to his heart and would exert an abiding influence on his work. Exhibition: Curaçaosch Museum / Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) / Maritiem Museum Curaçao, Willemstad, Curaçao (22.09.2018-13.01.2019).
Notes: Published on the occasion of the Henkes on Curaçao event at the Curaçao museum, Instituto Buena Bista and the Curaçao Maritime Museum, September 22, 2018-January 13, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.