Royal Award for Modern Painting – Poster A2

Printing sheet at robstolk before printing silver.

Title Royal Award for Modern Painting
Year 2013
Size A2
Technique 3 colour offset
Printer robstolk, Amsterdam
Edition 750
Client Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde – The Nieuwezijds Voorburgswal with the Flower Market, Amsterdam. 1686. Oil on canvas. 53.7 × 63.9 cm.

This is the backside of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the location where the exhibition of the annual Royal Award for Modern Painting will take place.

Among other things, the Royal Palace is the home of Atlas, who carries the heavens with all stars and planets. Image from Marc van Dijk, Het achtste wereldwonder – Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam 1648-heden, 2011.

Inside, the floor of the main hall, the Burgerzaal, inlaid with earth- and skymaps by Joan Blaeu (1596-1673). Image from Marc van Dijk, Het achtste wereldwonder – Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam 1648-heden, 2011.

In the middle of the floor: the astronomical map of the northern skies.

See also Royal Award for Modern Painting – Poster A0
See also Royal Award for Modern Painting 2013 – Catalogue

February 15th, 2013
, Posted in Posters