First exhibition of the work of graphic designer and artist Dick Bruna opens at the Rijksmuseum

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First exhibition of the work of graphic designer and artist Dick Bruna opens at the Rijksmuseum
Dick Bruna at the Rijksmuseum in 2011. Photo: Rijksmuseum.



AMSTERDAM.- From 27 August till 15 November 2015 - in celebration of the 60th birthday of Miffy - the Rijksmuseum is presenting 'Dick Bruna. Artist', the first exhibition of the work of graphic designer and artist Dick Bruna (1927) in an international art-historical context. Prints and drawings of the artists who inspired Bruna: Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Willem Sandberg, H.N. Werkman and Bart van der Leck, will be on display alongside his own book covers, posters, collages and drawings. Naturally, Miffy is among the more than 120 items on show.

More than 50 years of graphic design highlights
Dick Bruna. Artist presents the highlights of more than a half century of graphic design work. Bruna’s distinctive style of clearly drawn lines, primary colours and two-dimensional abstract forms shines through in the book covers he designed for detective novels like De Schaduw (Havank) and Maigret (Georges Simenon) from the Zwarte Beertjes editions, posters for A.W. Bruna & Zn. publishers and the Nederlandse Melkunie, and designs for Miffy.

Links and affinities
In interviews, Dick Bruna has often mentioned artists who have influenced him, such as Matisse, Léger, Werkman and members of De Stijl, but for the first time the spotlight is on the art-historical thread that runs through his work. The Rijksmuseum has researched the art-historical connections to these other artists and selected works from its own extensive collection of prints to highlight Bruna’s affinities with other artists. By juxtaposing Bruna’s creations with the work of artists who inspired him, we instantly see these influences and inspiration. Bruna combines techniques from the colourful French avant-garde, such as cut-out and abandoning perspective, with the pared-down imagery and colour palette of De Stijl. At the same time, Picasso, Rietveld and architect J.J.P. Oud admired the simplicity and clarity of Bruna’s book covers and posters.

Miffy
With a total of 120 items on display, the exhibition also sheds light on the design process behind Miffy. Nowhere is Bruna’s craftsmanship, patience and skill at using colour to illustrate spatiality in two-dimensional space more evident than in his – at first sight simple - creation of the world-famous rabbit.

Works on loan
This exhibition has drawn from the long-term loan of 160 drawings, posters, prints and designs by Dick Bruna, which Mercis BV granted to the Rijkmuseum in spring 2011. The Rijksmuseum has also borrowed works from Centraal Museum Utrecht, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Dick Bruna’s private collection.










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