Lady Maiko
Born in Rotterdam in 1892, Ernst van Leyden regarded himself a gifted painter. After his education at international art schools he moved his studio to the Dutch island of Urk, to depict the fisherman'…
Lady Maiko
Born in Rotterdam in 1892, Ernst van Leyden regarded himself a gifted painter. After his education at international art schools he moved his studio to the Dutch island of Urk, to depict the fisherman's life. But the wider world lured him, and he left the Netherlands for a nomadic life of painting. In Ascona (Italy), he met the beautiful German artist Karin Kluth fourteen years his junior. They married, and had a son, Ragnar; all the while traveling the world and painting. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War they set sail for America. They emerge as Facebookers avant la letter: They move in society circles, make portraits of the Chaplin family, are photographed with film stars and socialize with the likes of Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning. They take pictures of themselves in glamorous poses, while working on murals, collages, paintings, and comply with the art movements of their time, yet true success and recognition elude them. When not together, they conduct an intensive correspondence in which they stoke each other with money problems and concern for their image - their ultimate piece of art. While feeding each other creatively, they suffocate each other equally in their unachieved desires. Their lives end separately, in France for Ernst in 1969 and in Switzerland for Karin in 1977. CAPTURED IN BEAUTY illustrates Ernst and Karin van Leyden's desire for fame and their struggles as artists with excerpts from their voluminous personal letters and photographs from private collections. Their son Ragnar, now 83, sketches a shocking picture of the absent parents of his childhood. In 2006 he sold the Van Leyden collection to the Dutch art collectors of AllAboutArt. These collectors are fascinated by the artistic life of Ernst and Karin van Leyden, and although their names are still a footnote in art history, they are eager to put them posthumously on the map. 'Captured in Beauty' depicts the life and work of the unknown 20th century Dutch artists couple Karin and Ernst van Leyden. During their nomadic lifetime they travelled and painted everywhere while socialising with artists like Man Ray, Picasso, Salvador Dali and Willem de Kooning. Their desire for fame and their struggles, derived from their voluminous personal lettres and glamourous photographs, show a growing concern for their image as artists; their ultimate piece of art. Ragnar, their now elderly son sketches a shocking picture of the absent parents of his childhood. Nowadays a collective of art collectors are fascinated by the Van Leydens and try to put them, still a footnote in art history, posthumously on the map.
Lady Maiko
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Born in Rotterdam in 1892, Ernst van Leyden regarded himself a gifted painter. After his education at international art schools he moved his studio to the Dutch island of Urk, to depict the fisherman's life. But the wider world lured him, and he left the Netherlands for a nomadic life of painting.
In Ascona (Italy), he met the beautiful German artist Karin Kluth fourteen years his junior. They married, and had a son, Ragnar; all the while traveling the world and painting. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War they set sail for America.
They emerge as Facebookers avant la letter: They move in society circles, make portraits of the Chaplin family, are photographed with film stars and socialize with the likes of Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning. They take pictures of themselves in glamorous poses, while working on murals, collages, paintings, and comply with the art movements of their time, yet true success and recognition elude them. When not together, they conduct an intensive correspondence in which they stoke each other with money problems and concern for their image - their ultimate piece of art.
While feeding each other creatively, they suffocate each other equally in their unachieved desires. Their lives end separately, in France for Ernst in 1969 and in Switzerland for Karin in 1977. CAPTURED IN BEAUTY illustrates Ernst and Karin van Leyden's desire for fame and their struggles as artists with excerpts from their voluminous personal letters and photographs from private collections.
Their son Ragnar, now 83, sketches a shocking picture of the absent parents of his childhood. In 2006 he sold the Van Leyden collection to the Dutch art collectors of AllAboutArt. These collectors are fascinated by the artistic life of Ernst and Karin van Leyden, and although their names are still a footnote in art history, they are eager to put them posthumously on the map.
'Captured in Beauty' depicts the life and work of the unknown 20th century Dutch artists couple Karin and Ernst van Leyden. During their nomadic lifetime they travelled and painted everywhere while socialising with artists like Man Ray, Picasso, Salvador Dali and Willem de Kooning. Their desire for fame and their struggles, derived from their voluminous personal lettres and glamourous photographs, show a growing concern for their image as artists; their ultimate piece of art.
Ragnar, their now elderly son sketches a shocking picture of the absent parents of his childhood. Nowadays a collective of art collectors are fascinated by the Van Leydens and try to put them, still a footnote in art history, posthumously on the map..