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Launch August 1, 2011. Loet Vanderveen brings an incredible
sympathy to every animal he creates. His sculptures capture an animal’s signature pose and freeze it in time, revealing
the essence not only of its form, but also its way of moving. The artist researches his subjects exhaustively and has been
on many African safaris to gather first-hand impressions. As a young boy in Rotterdam, Holland, Loet Vanderveen went nearly
every day to the city’s Victorian-era zoo. “I thought animals were way beyond belief. I marveled at them,”
says the artist. The zookeepers gave him free run of the place and let him help care for the animals. “They had a little
lion cub and I would feed it practically every day. Then he grew up and they put him in a cage—and I was heartbroken.”
More heartbreak was in store for the young vnaderveen. On May 14th, 1940, the Germans bombed Rotterdam, killing 617 people
and virtually flattening the city. When warned of the coming attack, the government ordered the Dutch army to shoot the
animals in his beloved zoo, fearing that they’d get loose and endanger the populace. “I got there right after
the bombardment,” says Vanderveen, “and whole place was in ruins. The lions and big cats—many of them
were shot. But in the midst of it all, there was one elephant roaming. It was very, very poetic.” Among all the stories
of death and destruction, there were also some amazing stories of survival.
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The zoo’s chimpanzee somehow escaped and turned
up later in a local bar. A seal was blown out of its pool and
ended up in a canal in the city. But Loet Vanderveen's life would never be the
same. The young boy was completely alone. His mother had died in a car accident when he was eight,
and shortly after the bombing his father died of a staph infection
when no medicine was available to treat him. With his half-Jewish heritage,
it became imperative for Loet to get out of occupied Holland. He set off on his bicycle and escaped over
the Belgian border. When he arrived in France, he was arrested
by the Germans and spent three weeks in prison. After his release he joined the
Dutch army and was decorated for valor by Queen Wilhelmina. Post-war times were chaotic, but the young
man had friends in the fashion industry who found him work doing
sketches for designers. Loet went to Paris hoping to be a designer himself,
but was only offered a job sketching by a young Christian Dior. He turned it down, “…like
an idiot. It was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made." He did find work in London designing sportswear until his American visa cleared and he packed
for New York City. For three years he studied with a master
ceramicist, learning the challenging art of reduced glazes. But
the cutthroat business environment of the city wasn’t to his liking, and he and his new partner, the painter
Alba Hayward, set out for California to find their paradise,
settling on the rugged Big Sur coastline. They bought twenty acres
1600 feet above the surf and hired an architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright to build them a house. Loet built
a large ceramic studio with kiln and spent the next years creating
ceramic sculptures of animals, some with bronze tusks and horns.
In 1985 a lightning-sparked fire burned his house and studio to the ground. The only survivors were the rosebushes,
some giant redwood trees and a few large ceramic pieces that
Loet had dragged outside. Using the original plans, the house
was rebuilt with improvements, but with a much smaller studio for sculpting the wax originals that his new bronze animals
were being cast from.
This
new medium brought Loet Vanderveen into the international spotlight.
The combination of patina and polished bronze finishes added
the finishing touch to his elegant sculptures. Works by Loet Vanderveen are now in the permanent exhibits of museums
worldwide. Political figures, champions of sport, movie stars,
wildlife organizations and heads of state—these diverse
art collectors are united by an appreciation for the art of the Dutch boy who loved animals and grew up to be one of
the most famous sculptors of our time. This documentary defines
the man who has spent his life overcoming obstacles through a
desire to love animals and the soil upon which they and all life experiences the blessings of Mother Earth.
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Documentary of the life and career of Loet Vanderveen. |
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