THE ARTS
Elisabeth Eyl Presents “Candies” of Art Story by Maya Apostoloska
I am very excited and honoured to introduce to you Elisabeth Eyl, an art historian and art collector, researcher, adviser, writer, exhibitions organizer, mother of Noa and grandmother of Saul. Elisabeth Eyl was born in Amsterdam and currently lives and works in Heusden, North Brabant in The Netherlands. She has studied History of art at The University of Amsterdam and finished her studies in 1988. She has worked in libraries and organizations of education. She is very passioned about art and over the last fifteen years she collects very unique ceramic the Bauhaus related art pieces. Elisabeth Eyl, would you like please to introduce yourself? I love art in every shape and form. As I am an art historian, the visual arts is my area of study and research. But I also love music and other performing arts. Music goes fastest to your heart. My son is a violinist, how beautiful is that! I am judgement-free: everything I immerse myself in becomes interesting to me. During my studies, I always wanted to become something else, in the chronological order of the examination material. While learning about archaeology, I wanted to become an archaeologist. When the Middle Ages came on the programme, I wanted to become a medievalist. And so on. Modern art grabbed me. Here was something unprecedented.
Elisabeth Eyl with Villeroy & Boch sugar bowl and Carstens teapot ©photo Bob Bronshoff
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Before, art styles followed each other naturally, as it were, and adapted to history. Modern art, from the second half of the 19th century, broke with this tradition. The public and art no longer related in a natural way. Another aspect that interests me is applied art. And then I come to the matter of my collecting area. Art movements of the early 20th century incorporated the living environment. The Bauhaus artists, for example, designed utilitarian
