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The Dutch” Pop Artist” started his career with a doctorate in History of Art at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He became a professional newspaper journalist at the beginning of the nineties after his study of Creative Writing at the University of Texas on a scholarship. As a journalist he is an award winning investigative reporter for the leading Dutch TV-channel RTL4. Kraaijeveld received the 2004 award VVOJ (Association for Investigative Journalism The Netherlands and Belgium) for his groundbreaking stories on fraud.

Kraaijeveld , the “Pop Artist”

Kraaijeveld has always had a passion for collecting “things” and made collages with the materials he found. Packets of cigarettes (especially the packets of Gauloises he found during travels into France) were turned into monumental works of art.
The years before becoming a professional and starting “Oudhout”, Kraaijeveld sculpted  wooden logs at the chateau of his aunt Mizou near Aix en Provence (south of France). He would only give away the things he made…..

His first endeavours in Oudhout (literally Old Wood) were two Citroen DS’s now hanging on the walls of two of dear friends who share a passion for this French car. Kraaijeveld, himself, has a passion for the American muscle cars: his first piece of art in Oudhout was a Mustang 1966, once the proud wheels of the artist himself…)

Oudhout searches for painted wooden planks and floorings in old mansions in the inner cities of Holland and centuries old farmhouses in the more rural areas. Kraaijeveld has an eye for  old green, yellow and red flooring from the days Rembrandt was still alive.

Oudhout’s cars and other icons are made of reclaimed wood he finds during his travels and daytrips in Holland and abroad. No dumpster is safe for Oudhout. There is no beach whether along the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean or the Pacific, uncombed…
Kraaijeveld always brings an extra bag on his travels: he imported a piece of a fishing boat he found on the Mombasa Kenya beach and recently came home with an antique horse cart-wheel from Turkey.
Every piece of his “Pop Art “ assemblages/collages is made of genuine coloured vintage wood. Paint is ever used.

Kraaijevelds goal is to create desirable things out of materials people throw away thoughtlessly. The idea that objects of great desire are created out of materials that were thought to be worthless, is a great inspiration to his unique art work.

Diedericks  life and work have been featured in leading Dutch magazines (Elsevier, Seasons, Tableau Art Magazine ), in American Magazines (Auto aficionado) and the leading UK vintage car magazine Octane (May 2008) His art has found its way to private collectors in Holland and abroad. New York, Los Angeles, London, UK, Frankfurt Germany and Sao Paulo Brazil) and in corporate collections; American Express, Audi,  Biomet, Heinz Corporation, Pacific Tank Lines,….

All Stars Red IV aproxx 120 x 74 x 4 cm

Parts of the red in this pair are from Brazillian wood that was used to crate  expensive machinery from Brasil to Holland, by boat.. The pieces were found on a Dutch city dump and salvaged by Kraaijeveld. The provenance of the crate was written on the crate (BRASIL) and the yellow letters can still be found on the All Stars Red IV.
Some of the laces were done in white floorboards from a turn of the century (1900's) mansion in the Dutch city of Utrecht.

'Stainless Steel Olive Oil Container', 131 x 131 x 3 cm.
This multi coloured piece is composed of wood "harvested' from many different locations. The red elements are part of an antique door found in a city-dump.The purple colour  from a 1920 townhouse in Amsterdam, and an old bed found in the town of Hilversum, NL.

“Captured in Bronze”

”Golden Eagle”
Loek Prins

“Foal” G.Sterk                              

“Training” G.Sterk 


The painter Ernst van Leyden (1892-1969) his works are to be found in various museums around the world; The Tate Gallery, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo, Lisbon and many others.

The painter Elias Boonen (1860-1931) who’s work is to be found at the Dordrechts Museum.    

Marius Richters, also born in the 18 hundreds, who was admired by many of his contemporaries.

The modern painter, Harjo Martinus with his exuberant use of color depicting cows in a meadow. Wim Zorn, a painter of modern landscapes executed in such a way that they draw you into the scene.

The modern Glass sculptors; Han de Kluijver, who gets his inspiration by visiting the North-pole and capturing colors in glass, thus creating true “Gems” and Tineke van Veen, who expresses the “Vulnarability” of being and glass.

The sculptors of horses, Anton ter Braak and Gabriel Sterk. Loek Prins, sculptor of birds of pray, all captured in bronze.

The etchings and silk-screen prints by Leentje Linders and Marcus van Hoorn, both completely different in their approach of the material and both creating fascinating works.

The photographs taken by Anita van der Kroll, who lived in and was inspired by Dubai 30 years ago. Her photographs take you back to the time just before the “Big Dubai Boom”.

The intriguing Digital Photo Creations made by Henriette Dingemans and Sjoerd Bras.

You will also enjoy the paintings made by: Emmy Eerdmans, Joop Kropff,  Floris Jespers, Karin van Leyden, Theo van der Horst, Cor Noltee.
All artists who have gained the recognition from art collectors in and outside of the Netherlands.

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 “The Seven Wonders of the World”, formally owned by Fortnum & Mason’s of  London.

During the 16th century a Dutchman, Maarten van Heemskerck, made sketches and engravings of “The Seven Wonders of the World “. On the basis of these sketches professor Chris Blackwell created  models of these wonders. He then brought together a dozen English artists (each a specialist in his own discipline) and subsequently took a period of one and a half years to create the “Seven Wonders of the World”. An amazing and beautiful creation.

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