RembrandtLAB

3 June til 25 September 2016

address: The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam

What colors did Rembrandt use to make his timeless masterpieces? And how can the designers of today be inspired by his colors? These questions are answered in RembrandtLAB. RembrandtLAB is a unique cooperation between Museum De Lakenhal, Museum het RembrandtHuis, Leiden Marketing and Cultuurfonds Leiden.

From Leiden to Amsterdam

In 1606, Rembrandt was born in Leiden. There he started his career, only to fully bloom in the Amsterdam of the Golden Age. From 2016, Museum De Lakenhal and Museum het RembrandtHuis will select contemporary designers to research Rembrandt's pigments and colors every year. From June 3rd til September 25th the exhibition will be on view at The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, the historic building where Rembrandt lived and worked between 1639 and 1658.

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Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters

In 2015, Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters was the first designer team to be commissioned. They decided to work with ceramics and for four months, they researched this material and its potential in the Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum (EKWC). They aimed to find a way to reproduce Rembrandt's use of color and pigments, ingredients, recipes and color experience. How could this knowledge be reapplied today? Today's industry could learn from Rembrandt's legacy, for example to re-enrich colors. Therefor, Kolk and Kusters didn't develop end products, but recipes, color combinations and suggestions for usage.

Partners & sponsors

RembrandtLAB is a cooperation between Museum Het Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam, Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden, Leiden Marketing and Cultuurfonds Leiden. Partners are Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Europees Keramisch Werk Centrum in Oisterwijk. They contributed facilities, materials and expertise in the field of ceramic production. The project was made possible by generous support of the Mondriaan Fonds, the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie and Cultuurfonds Leiden.

visitor information:

  • Address: Museum Het RembrandtHuis, Joodenbreestraat 4, Amsterdam
  • Date: 3 June til 25 September 2016
  • Opening hours: daily 10 AM - 6 PM
  • Activities: paint preparation demonstration, daily from 10:15 AM - 5:10 PM
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