Lon Pennock

Untitled (The River), 1984, Rotterdam.

Leonardus Petrus Paulus (Lon) Pennock (born The Hague, 22 May 1945) is a Dutch sculptor, environmental artist, monumental artist and photographer.^[1]

Life and work

Pennock studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague from 1962 to 1967. He then continued his studies with a French scholarship to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1968.

In 1969 he received both the Buys van Hulten price as the Jacob Maris incentive price. Twice he was awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Work in 1973 and in 1979. Pennock was trained as a traditional sculptor, but quickly turned into an abstract, even minimalist artist. Pennock lives and works in The Hague. In 1983-84 together with Kees Verschuren he developed a structure plan for art in a recreation area in the town of Spaarnwoude.^[2]

Pennock has been director of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam from 1979 to 1990.^[3] The 1984 sculpture in Rotterdam, working title The River (see image), was placed at the West Blaak not far from the front of the academy building.

Works

• 1969 Fish in Zoetermeer
• 1970 Waves in Košice, Slovakia
• 1970 Untitled, Stormink Street in Deventer
• 1972 Property, Mors Avenue in The Hague
• 1973 L'homme in The Hague
• 1973 Tree, High Prins Willem in Den Haag
• 1974 Rhythm of three in Bleiswijk
• 1975 Sluis in Amsterdam
• 1976 Wind Sound and surroundings, North Sea Canal at IJmuiden
• 1980 Balance of Sheets, Johan de Witt Laan / Stadhouderslaan in The Hague
• 1981 Landmark in Maarssen
• 1981 Intersection, Ockenburg in Den Haag
• 1984 untitled in Rotterdam
• 1984 untitled, hose tower fire department in Almere
• 1987 The Arch in Amsterdam
• 1987 Sheet with Frame, Sinjeur Semeynsweg in The Hague
• 1989 Untitled in Rotterdam
• 1993 Black Waves in Amsterdam
• 1996 Intersection in The Hague image route Picture Gallery P. Struycken
• 2000 Balance, Rathausvorplatz in Kaiserslautern
• 2007 Antipode, Plantation in Schiedam
• 2009 Agneta van Marken-Matthes [1], Agnetapark, Zocherweg, Delft

Gallery

1960-70s

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  Fish (1969), Zoetermeer
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  Zonder titel (1970), Deventer
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  Object (1972), The Hague
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  Boom (1973), The Hague
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  L'Homme (1973), The Hague
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  Pilonen (1974), Lansingerland
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  Sluis (1975), Amsterdam

1980s

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  Balance of Sheets (1980), The Hague
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  Wankel evenwicht (1970), Papendrecht
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  Landmark (1981), Maarssen
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  Intersection (1981), The Hague
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  Untitled (1984), Rotterdam
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  Sheet with frame, (1987), The Hague
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  Untitled (1989), Rotterdam

1990s and later on

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  Black wave (1993/97), Amsterdam
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  Intersection (1996), The Hague
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  Intersection (1996), The Hague
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  Antipode (2007), Schiedam
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  J.C. and Agneta van Marken (2009), Delft (with Pieter de Monchy)

See also

• List of Dutch sculptors

References

1. Lon Pennock; beeldhouwer, omgevingskunstenaar, monumentaal kunstenaar, fotograaf at rkd.nl, 2015.
2. Han Lörzing (1986) Landschapskunst: kunstlandschap. p.84
3. Richard Ouwerkerk, Jetteke Bolten, Cees Rijnboutt & Carolien v.d. Akker-Jean, Lon Pennock: skulptuur 1968-2003, Lannoo Uitgeverij, 2004. p. 14

Further reading

• Jean Leering: Vier constructies voor een plek (1994, Heemstede) Finale ISBN 90 75209 01 0
• Jean Leering e.a.: Skulptuur 1968-2003 (2003, Lannoo Tielt B.) ISBN 90 209 5408 3

External links

• Lon Pennock, Website