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Toelatingsproef, Sint Lucas Antwerpen: Thuisopdracht © Enrika Verbruggen

exhibition PENSELEN IN HET RIJKSMUSEUM 22.09.2016 - 17.02.2017 RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM

Some of the original illustrations of Schobbejacques en de 7 geiten are now on show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam! In de beautiful building of the Teekenschool you can see the original artwork of seven award-winning books. The aim is to offer picture book illustration a platform and to learn children to look at art through the artwork they know from their own children's books. Entry to the exhibition is free and open daily from 10:00 to 16:00. Some background about the Teekenschool (Drawing School): The Rijksmuseum - designed and built by Pierre Cuypers - opened its doors in 1885. The views of that time held that it not only had to be a repository of art from the past, but also a source of inspiration in the present. With old art serving as an example, future generations could inform and elevate their taste and acquire artistic skills. Quite logically then, the museum created space for two schools.

Every time the students entered the school they were reminded of the importance of their future vocation, for written above the entrance is ‘Drawing is speaking and writing at the same time’. That is to say, a drawing visualizes a thought and a beautiful drawing conveys a true idea. Three women are represented above the maxim: Truth stands in the middle, Beauty at the left and Goodness at the right.