Prior to her appointment, she was affiliated with Columbia University in New York, the
Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, and the University of Amsterdam.
In his office, which looks out to the newly rebuilt Gruuthuse tower and the church spire, we sit round a coffee table printed with
Jan van Eyck's Madonna with Canon van derPaele from the Groeninge --a pleasingly irreverent touch for an expert on the Flemish Primitives who has staged important and scholarly exhibitions in the field.
A fine example of this can be seen in the 15th-century portrait of the Arnolfini family by Flemish painter
Jan van Eyck.
Meanwhile, the near [euro]1m Tote Pick 6 pool was shared between three lucky punters after
Jan Van Eyck landed the two mile handicap.
Among his topics are Jael in Medieval and early modern art and thought,
Jan van Eyck and the early modern re-imagination of Jael, Maarten van Heemskerck and Dirck Coornhert's power of women: a pasquinade on the perfectibility of the imperfect soul, and Philips Galle and Hadrianus Junius' Jael: a biblical Circe and her eloquent riddle.
Referencing works by
Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Rogier van der Weyden, and Robert Campin, the artist chose unorthodox and difficult surfaces and materials, such as cardboard, coral, and a soccer ball (many of these items were found on walks), and pushed the original, canonical scenes beyond the traditional frame and into three-dimensional space.
She finished a close third to
Jan Van Eyck and was then beaten nine lengths when sixth to Wild Irish Rose in a listed event on the Dublin track.
The home to the 15th-century painter
Jan van Eyck's famous altarpiece and to industrious, well-dressed blond people, Ghent is a canal-laced, walkable medieval city that's comparable to Bruges, its sister 30 miles to the west--but with a more exciting design scene, much better food, and no busloads of tourists touching down each morning.
The panel of judges for the ABN AMRO Art Award 2016 was made up of Lex ter Braak (director of the
Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht), Danila Cahen (curator of ABN AMRO's art collection), Bart Rutten (Head of Collections, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Berend Strik (visual artist) and Silvia Zonneveld (Managing Director of ABN AMRO MeesPierson/Private Wealth Management).
Jan van Eyck - Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)