Wyboldus Lambertus ('Wybe') of Brakel (Noordwolde, March 25, 1927 - Amsterdam, June 22, 2017) was a Dutch visual artist.
EducationIn the years immediately after World War II, Van Brakel followed drawing lessons with Jan van Uffelen in Amsterdam. At the beginning of the sixties, he again followed drawing lessons, now from Mark Kolthoff (1901-1993) and Prof. Charles Roelofsz at the Amsterdam School of Arts, which was established in the garden of the Rijksmuseum in those years. Teachership
For more than thirty years - from 1947 to 1978, Van Brakel would work as a teacher at Mulo's and in secondary education, including Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Utrecht and Abcoude. During this period he became friends with Anton Rooskens, the first hour cobra painter who also taught at industrial schools. During his long years as a teacher, Van Brakel put in the schools where he worked the subjects handcraft and drawing firmly on the card, long before the introduction of the Mammoet Act in 1968, which would require the expression subjects. The work of his students frequently attracted the attention of the national press and television. Work
As an artist, he continually worked on wars of currents and fashions of a varied oeuvre. He painted, dragged, sculpted and made objects of ceramics. Abstract and realistic work arose side by side in the same time frame. His choice of material was characterized by a wide variety: from paint from tubes to materials such as vines, chairs and waste materials such as plastic and can. In 1973, he commissioned the municipality of Grootebroek to create a brick for the local fire brigades and a playground for children: a large pantyon sledge that got a place in the center of the village. Exhibitions Work in collections Literature
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