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Set of 4 Saint Andrew's Abbey Ceramic Wall Plaques by Fr. Maur Van Doorslaer
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Set of Four Original Saint Andrew's Abbey Ceramic Wall Plaques by Fr. Maur van Doorslaer
Title: Jesus Roller Skating with …
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Set of Four Original Saint Andrew's Abbey Ceramic Wall Plaques by Fr. Maur van Doorslaer
Title: Jesus Roller Skating with Friends in Venice Beach
This mural of Jesus roller skating in Venice Beach is located at the First Lutheran Church of Venice, 815 Venice Boulevard, Venice, California. The mural was designed by the Benedictine monk Father Maur Van Doorslaer and was transferred to vinyl on aluminum panels by sign designer Donna Petersen.
Aprox. dimensions: each tile 10" x 7.5"
Very good original condition! No chips or cracks!
About the Artist:
Fr. Maur van Doorslaer, O.S.B. is the original designer of all Saint Andrew's Abbey ceramic creations. He was born in France in 1925 and grew up in Belgium in a family of farmers and flower-growers. Beginning in 1942, he spent seven years studying in the Decorative Arts Department of Sint-Lucasinstituut in Ghent. He drew, sketched, painted and studied architecture and sculpture.
In 1951, he entered the Monastery of Sint Andries in Brugges, Belgium, the motherhouse of St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo. As a monk he studied philosophy and theology in preparation for his ordination in 1958. He was then sent to Paris in 1959. There he visited many galleries and exhibitions, and kept abreast of the trends of the modern art world. He was especially interested in non-figurative art including Geometric Constructivism, the Lyrical Abstraction of the Ecole de Paris and Abstract Expressionism. He shared a kindred spirit with many modern artists including Alberto Magnelli, Dan van Severen (a former classmate and friend), Jef Boudens and Arno Brys. The art of Jackson Pollock and Paul Klee strongly influenced his early works, as did the strict geometric order of August Herbin and Frank Stella and the dark monochromes of Ad Reinhardt.
In 1965, Fr. Maur visited St. Andrew’s Abbey in California for the first time. He was asked by the Prior, Philippe Verhagen, to help the monks establish a ceramics industry in Valyermo as a means of support for their monastery. During this ten-month period, he visited Mexico to study their folk art and became inspired to produce a new art form for the fledgling industry. He called this new ceramic art his “cookies”, because of their simplicity of form and child-like attitude and because they reminded him of the Saint Nicholas cookies given to children in his country. The hallmark of his designs are the large, wide open eyes expressing childlike wonder at the beauty of God and the created world. His artwork is simple, joyful, humorous and kind. It touches people where they “are,” not where they “should be.”
For 36 years, Fr. Mauer spent five months of the year (May to October) designing ceramics for St. Andrew’s Abbey. A majority of his designs came from customer requests. During the rest of the year he lived, prayed and worked in his own monastery, Sint Andries Abdij in Belgium. After complications from cancer, he passed away on February 1, 2013.
Today the Saint Andrew's Abbey produce more than 425 of Fr. Mauer’s designs for sale in the United States and abroad. The ceramics are carried in more than 600 shops across North America. Hundreds of collectors look forward to each year’s new designs.
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- Dimensions
- 7.5ʺW × 0.3ʺD × 10ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Period
- 2000 - 2009
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Ceramic
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Sand
- Condition Notes
- Very good original condition! Very good original condition! less
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