Trees I and II; donation

Location: Auditorium, floor 0 

Wil Fruytier van der Lande (1915), who works mostly between 1950 and 1980, is reputed to be one of the pioneers of modern Dutch textile art. It is exactly in the 1950s that the wall hanging attains an autonomous place, often with a spatial dimension. In addition to her woven Gobelins she gains herself international recognition with her patchwork hangings, which are also on show at the Venice Biennale in 1961.

What Fruytier did not want was 'Make narrative pictures to be hung on the wall like paintings.' As a result, her rope tapestries leave the deepest impression, like this one at the TU/e from 1968. Through the use of the thick cables and the natural hues of the material, the tapestry has acquired such a robust character, that it easily holds its own in large spaces and surrounded by the rough concrete of the TU/e.

In 2005 a wall hanging by Fruytier was donated to the TU/e. It is an early work from the early 1970s. After having been cleaned, it was suspended at the IPO building, next to the work by Escher hanging there.

See also: Vubis database