René Daniëls
René Daniëls is a Dutch artist.
Daniels is considered one of the most eminent Dutch painters of his generation. In his work he links art and its rich history to literature and everyday life, following in the footsteps of, amongst others, Marcel Duchamp and René Magritte. Ambiguity and double meanings play an important role in what he calls "visual poetry".
He has exhibited regularly at home and abroad, until in 1987 at the age of 37 he was affected by a brain haemorrhage. All materials in his studio were housed in the Stichting René Daniëls and documented and preserved by the Van Abbemuseum. Since 2006 Daniels lives in his native city of Eindhoven and began to paint and draw again.
Biography
Education
- 1972-1976 Koninklijke Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Lectureships
- 1987 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
- 1983-1987 Ateliers '63, Haarlem
- 1982-1986 Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg
- 1980 AKI, Enschede
Prizes
- 2007 Oeuvreprijs Fonds BKVB
- 1998 Commissarispenning, Provincie Noord-Brabant 1992 David Roëll Prijs
- 1988 Sandbergprijs voor Schilderkunst
Exhibitions
Solo and duo exhibitions
- 2018 , 07 September 2018 – 06 January 2019, Wiels Brussels. Organized by Wiels and MAMCO, Genève.
- 2012 , 12 May 2012 - 23 September 2012, Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. Organized by Museo Reina Sofía and Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven.
- 2011-2012 , Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro, October 20, 2011 - March 26, 2012. Organized by Museo Reina Sofía and Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. The show presents a broad selection of works dated from the 1970s to 1987: paintings, graphics, some of his earliest pieces, characterised by their expressionist brushstrokes, and the arboreal cartographies and diagrams of his Lentebloesem series. Furthermore, the exhibition also includes various materials and documents (notebooks, sketches, annotations from the artist's archives.
- 2010 , 23 September 2010 - 28 November 2010, Camden Arts Centre, London. This exhibition brings together a significant number of paintings and drawings by the Dutch artist René Daniëls, focusing on his work between 1980 and 1987.
- 2007 René Daniëls. Tekeningen en schilderijen 1977–1987, Stichting De Pont, Tilburg
- 2006 René Daniëls, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
- 2006 René Daniëls, Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan
- 2004 Nederland Niet Nederland, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 2000 , 22 April 2000 – 3 June 2000, Metro Pictures, New York. The show features works from the late 1970s through the 1980s which are on loan from the René Daniëls Foundation and various European museums.
- 1999 René Daniëls. The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Museu Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
- 1999 René Daniëls, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- 1998 René Daniëls. The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
- 1995 René Daniëls, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 1994 René Daniëls/Shirley Wiitasalo, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
- 1994 René Daniëls, Institut Néerlandais, Paris
- 1993 René Daniëls/Shirley Wiitasalo, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
- 1993 De Aankoop I. René Daniëls, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
- 1993 René Daniëls, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Wenen
- 1993 René Daniëls, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
- 1992 Kleine presentatie René Daniëls, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 1990 René Daniëls. Lentebloesem, Maison de la culture et de la communication, Saint-Etienne; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- 1987 René Daniëls, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Keulen
- 1987 René Daniëls. A’dam E’ven, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
- 1987 René Daniëls. Kades-Kaden, Kunsthalle Bern
- 1986 René Daniëls. Schilderijen en tekeningen 1976–1986, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 1986 René Daniëls, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
- 1986 René Daniëls, Galerie Joost Declerq, Ghent
- 1985 René Daniëls, Metro Pictures, New York
- 1985 Innodiging voor Mooie Tentoonstellingen/Trio Eenzaamheid, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
- 1985 Acht schilderijen over ondergronds verzet, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
- 1984 Meanwhile, Metro Pictures, New York
- 1984 René Daniëls. Schilderijen, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
- 1984 Een zaal boven de Pacific, Kunstcentrum Marktzeventien, Enschede
- 1983 Daniëls/Dieleman. Tekeningen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- 1983 René Daniëls. Schilderijen, Galerie Helen van der Meij/Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
- 1982 René Daniëls. ’Nieuw werk, Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam
- 1982 René Daniëls, John van ’t Slot, '121' Art Gallery, Antwerp
- 1981 Werk van René Daniëls en werk van Lili Dujouri, Vereniging Aktuele Kunst: Gewad, Ghent
- 1979 René Daniëls. Schilderijen en aquarellen, Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam
- 1978 René Daniëls. Schilderijen, gouaches en tekeningen, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
- 1978 René Daniëls schilderijen, Joop Stolk grafiek, Galerie Helen van der Meij, Amsterdam.
- 1977 Hans Biezen/René Daniëls. Fotos und Zeichnungen, Stadt-Sparkasse, Düsseldorf.
Collections
- Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven
- De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art in Tilburg
- Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht
- Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg
- Tate Gallery in London
- Gemeentemuseum Helmond
Descriptions of individual works
Paintings
Terugkeer van de performance (Return of the performance, 1987)
- . Description accompanying the small exhibition Plug In #31, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
Hollandse Nieuwe (New Dutch Herring, 1982)
- Bilske, Maria and Sanger, Alice. . Tate, London.
Mexikaan (Mexican, 1977)
- Bilske, Maria and Sanger, Alice. . Tate, London.
Catalogues
- , 1998. Contains a comprehensive list of exhibitions, publications and works. Foreword by Jan Debbaut. Articles by Jaap Bremer, Philip Peters, Paul Andriesse, Ulrich Loock, Dirk van Weelden, Bert Jansen, Annelie Lütgens.
- René Daniëls: Kades-Kaden. Kunsthalle Bern, 15.August bis 20.September 1987. Foreword by Ulrich Loock.
- René Daniels: schilderijen en tekeningen 1976-1986. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1986. Foreword by Jan Debbaut.
Journal articles
- Boogerd, Dominic van den. Avenue des Mémoires: René Daniëls and the art of memory. Metropolis M, Vol.2, 2012, pp. 108–110.
- Herbert, Martin. . Frieze, Issue 136, January - February 2011.
- Velde, Dries van de. . De Witte Raaf, edition 148, November–December 2010.
- Smedt, Erik de. . De Leeswolf, October 2007.
- Smedt, Erik de. . De Leeswolf, October 2007 / Ooteoote, February 2018.
- Simon, Robert. . Artforum International Magazine, 1999.