Livinus van de Bundt | |
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| Born | Livinus Arie Cornelis Jan van de Bundt March 5, 1909 Zeist |
| Died | October 11, 1979 (aged 70) The Hague |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | light art, video art |
| Spouse | Mieke van der Burgt |
| Awards | Sikkens Prize 1964 |
Livinus van de Bundt was a Dutch artist, [1] who called himself Livinus. [2] Initially a painter and graphic artist, he was the founder of an art academy and later became a pioneer of light art and video art.
Livinus Arie Cornelis Jan van de Bundt was born 5 March 1909 in Zeist. [1] His father was Jan van de Bundt (1887–1970), his mother Sijgje Cornelia van der Vlies (1885–1961). Livinus had two sisters, Corry and Kiki. [3]
Livinus started painting aged 14. [4] From 1929 to 1931 he worked for Koninklijke Begeer. [5] He enrolled at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague in 1932, but left prematurely in 1934 after a number of conflicts. [5] In 1937 he went to Paris to study with Stanley Hayter at Atelier 17 for a year. [1] [4]
A 1938 exhibition of his abstract work was not well received, provoking him to destroy his work. [6] [4] At age 30 he gave up painting, unable to achieve the brilliance he envisaged. [6] [4] For several years he produced only graphic work in black and white. [6]
During World War II Livinus van de Bundt applied his graphic skills to forge passports. [7] In 1947 he founded the Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague and remained its director until 1964. [8] [2] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [9]
He started working with light, using a variety of materials. His chronopeintures contained illuminated pieces of colored plastic. [4] Livinus' secretive luminodynamical machine, built in the 1950s from lenses, bulbs and electronic components, enabled the operator to generate color effects using a keyboard. [6] [4] He built a drum kit which triggered light effects when hit. [6]
Van de Bundt married Mieke van der Burgt (18 April 1917–9 June 1979), herself an artist working in graphics, ceramics and textiles. [10] The pair had a daughter, Livina van de Bundt, [11] and a son, Jeep van de Bundt, who became an artist, musician and later a classic car dealer. [12] [13]
In 1970, while on a visit to Intermedia [14] in Vancouver, Livinus started experimenting with video. He produced several video art projects, together with his son. [4]
Livinus van de Bundt died 11 October 1979 in The Hague. [1]
Incomplete list of extant and lost works:
Van de Bundt was awarded the 1964 Sikkens Prize for his fotopeintures. [25] In 1965 he received the Soclair prize for his Optochrome constructie variabel 40 b 3. [26]
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