Fairbrook House Museum, Kilmeaden, 1st May – 15th Sept
Fairbrook House Museum currently have a private exhibition of Dutch artist Clay Mastenbroek, with her own art and art of the late Wout Muller.
Clay Masternbroek;
Living and working at Fairbrook. Her paintings and foldingscreens are shown in galleries and museums in the Netherlands and abroad. In one of the upper rooms at the Nysinghhouse in Eelde, she painted her surreal Natural History cabinet, composed of 41 wooden panels, doors for two cupboardbeds and a mantelpiece.
Wout Muller;
His realistic art, which is of a sensual beauty remains in private and museum collection in the Netherlands and abroad. Except paintings and graphic art, Wout Muller also made objects and murals. From 1970-1995 he designed hundreds of bookcovers. His creation of the Erotic cabinet, a room at the Nysinghhouse in Eelde, composed of 17 wooden panels and door is a miracle of perfect illusion.
In March 2002 a book about his life and art was launched by Waanders publishers , Zwolle. ISBN nr. 90-400-9531-0. Available in bookshops in the Netherlands and Fairbrook House museum, Kilmeaden, Ireland.
Wednesdays-Sundays, 10:30 – 16:00
Admission: is €7 which includes a visit to the fairbrook gardens.
Website: http://www.fairbrook-house.com/
Email: artmastenbroek@gmail.com
Phone: 051 384 667
Fairbrook House, Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford, X91FN83