Rudi Rooijackers
Place of birth
Batavia
Year of birth
1920
Deceased
1998
Artworks BKDH
Betonsculptuur, 1967
On the narrow strip of grass in front of the Platform Zuid 57 building there is a curious concrete thing. From afar, it evokes memories [...]
Twee estafettelopers, 1956
The stone sculpture of two relay runners, which Rudi Rooijackers commissioned in 1956 for a school at Goudsbloemlaan, fits into the figurative tradition of the [...].
Reliƫf gevallenen 1940-1945, 1967/1992
'1940-1945 Hear! "Free speech Threatened, enslaved Brings his fighters in distress to their deaths. On 5 [...]
Meisje op bank, 1961
In the park opposite the Kuinrestraat is a girl sitting on a bench. Her charisma testifies to a curious mixture of self-confidence, arrogance and serenity. She [...]
Worstelaars, 1966
Wrestling: an ancient sport and also imagined for centuries. Representations of wrestling naked men can already be found in classical antiquity and by Michelangelo. The tough [...]
Plastiek, 1969
In the 1960s this plastic was intended as 'a play image with delightful nooks and crannies for children'. At that time it was a relatively new phenomenon to artists [...].
Scheveninger en Scheveningse, 1952
That the work of art would tell something about fishing, inextricably linked to Scheveningen, was clear from the outset. But sculptor Rudi Rooijackers, before [...]
Compositie, 1966
A world of difference lies between Rudi Rooijackers' 'Composition' which was placed in the park opposite Hertenrade in 1966 and his five years earlier [...].
Moeder en kind, 1962
Free, playful, happy, loving, caring. These are the words that first come to mind when you see the bronze 'Mother and Child' of Rudi Rooijackers [...].