Leonardus Petrus Paulus "Lon" Pennock (22 May 1945, The Hague, – 9 March 2020, The Hague) was a Dutch sculptor, environmental artist, monumental artist and photographer. Denhaag kunstwerk intersection ockenburg

Denhaag kunstwerk intersection ockenburg

Life and work

Pennock studied sculpture at the

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague The Royal Academy of Art (KABK, nl, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) is an art and design academy in The Hague. Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (part of the Confrerie Pictura), the academy was founded on 29 September 1682, m ...

from 1962 to 1967. He then continued his studies with a French scholarship to the

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in Paris until 1968. In 1969 he received both the Buys van Hulten price as the Jacob Maris incentive price. Twice he was awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work in 1973 and in 1979. Pennock was trained as a traditional sculptor, but quickly turned into an abstract, even minimalist artist. Pennock lived and worked in

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, where he was born. In 1983-84 together with

Kees Verschuren Henricus Petrus Cornelis (Kees) Verschuren (born Breda, 29 August 1941Kee ...

he developed a structure plan for art in a recreation area in the town of

Spaarnwoude Spaarnwoude is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about northeast of Haarlem. Overview The village was first mentioned in the first half of the 11th century as Spirn ...

.Han Lörzing (1986) ''Landschapskunst: kunstlandschap.'' p.84 Pennock was director of the

Willem de Kooning Academy The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning. Overview ...

in Rotterdam from 1979 to 1990.Richard Ouwerkerk, Jetteke Bolten, Cees Rijnboutt & Carolien v.d. Akker-Jean,
Lon Pennock: skulptuur 1968-2003
'' Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2004. p. 14 The 1984 sculpture in Rotterdam, working title ''The River'' (see image), was placed at the West Blaak not far from the front of the academy building.

Works

* 1969 Fish in Zoetermeer * 1970 Waves in Košice, Slovakia * 1970 Untitled, Stormink Street in Deventer * 1972 Property, Mors Avenue in The Hague * 1973 L'homme in The Hague * 1973 Tree, High Prins Willem in Den Haag * 1974 Rhythm of three (Pilonen) in Bleiswijk * 1975 Sluis in Amsterdam * 1976 Wind Sound and surroundings, North Sea Canal at IJmuiden * 1980 Balance of Sheets, Johan de Witt Laan / Stadhouderslaan in The Hague * 1981 Landmark in Maarssen * 1981 Intersection, Ockenburg in Den Haag * 1984 untitled in Rotterdam * 1984 untitled, hose tower fire department in Almere * 1987 The Arch in Amsterdam * 1987 Sheet with Frame, Sinjeur Semeynsweg in The Hague * 1989 Untitled in Rotterdam * 1993 Black Waves in Amsterdam * 1996 Intersection in The Hague image route Picture Gallery P. Struycken * 2000 Balance, Rathausvorplatz in Kaiserslautern * 2007 Antipode, Plantation in Schiedam * 2009 Agneta van Marken-Matthes Agnetapark, Zocherweg, Delft

Gallery

1960-70s

File:Zoetermeer kunstwerk vis.jpg, ''Fish'' (1969), Zoetermeer File:Beeld Pennock bij Het Stormink in Deventer -01.jpg, ''Zonder titel'' (1970), Deventer File:Denhaag kunstwerk Lon Pennock.jpg, ''Object'' (1972), The Hague File:Denhaag kunstwerk boom.jpg, ''Boom'' (1973), The Hague File:Denhaag kunstwerk lhomme.jpg, L'Homme'' (1973), The Hague File:Lansingerland kunstwerk pilonen.jpg, ''Pilonen'' (1974), Bleiswijk File:Sluis Lon Pennock.JPG, ''Sluis'' (1975), Amsterdam

1980s

File:Denhaag kunstwerk balance of sheets.jpg, ''Balance of Sheets'' (1980), The Hague File:PapendrechtWankelEvenwicht01.jpg, ''Wankel evenwicht'' (1970), Papendrecht File:Landmark Lon Pennock Zuilense Ring Maarssen2.JPG, ''Landmark'' (1981), Maarssen File:Denhaag kunstwerk intersection ockenburg.jpg, ''Intersection'' (1981), The Hague File:Rotterdam kunstwerk blaak pennock.jpg, ''The River'' (1984), Rotterdam File:Denhaag kunstwerk sheet with frame.jpg, ''Sheet with frame,'' (1987), The Hague File:Rotterdam kunstwerk Lon Pennock Prinsenlaan.jpg, ''Untitled'' (1989), Rotterdam

1990s and later on

File:Black Wave Nieuw Sloten Kasterleepark.JPG, ''Black wave'' (1993/97), Amsterdam File:Denhaag kunstwerk intersection.jpg, ''Intersection'' (1996), The Hague File:Intersection Lon Pennock Sokkelplan Spui Den Haag.JPG, ''Intersection'' (1996), The Hague File:Schiedam - Plantage 060.jpg, ''Antipode'' (2007), Schiedam File:Delft kunstwerk JC en Agneta van marken.jpg, ''J.C. and Agneta van Marken'' (2009), Delft (with Pieter de Monchy)

References

External links

Lon Pennock
Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennock, Lon 1945 births 2020 deaths Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Academic staff of Willem de Kooning Academy Artists from The Hague