Digital Collections

20 items

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  Beer-pastils

  Drawing, color
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  Broken hearts

  Drawing, color
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  Chiromancy

  Drawing, color
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  Daphnis et Chloé. Première Suite: 1. Nocturne.

  Maurice Ravel’s 1912 Première Suite: 1. Nocturne (from Daphnis et Chloé) inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Gramophone DB 4930. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1934 recording by the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conducted by Piero Coppola.
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  Drams, dress and drums

  Drawing, color
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  Egg for Turquoise - Ei voor Turkoois

  A virtual 3D reconstruction of an artificial red coloured Easter egg decorated with a poem in gold ink by Pierre Kemp for his muse Turkoois, the name he gave to a 21-year old jurist he had met on the train on April 15, 1942 Transcribed text in Dutch: Dit ei is rood van vreugde dat ’t nooit advocaat kan worden en niet die struif en gin bevat als ’t schrikbewind der Orde en geen nieuw leven door een broed aan schrikbewindje geven moet.
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  Emballage

  Drawing, color
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  For the blue ribbon

  Drawing, color
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  Founding the clothes

  Drawing, color
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  Het schilder-boeck

  Six works by Mander, dated 1616-1618, and a life of Mander, ascribed to G.A. Bredero who has signed the concluding verse, issued with a general engraved t.p., and with introductory matter. All but the first work and the life have also special title pages: t'Amsterdam : Voor Cornelis Lodewijcksz. vander Plasse, and colophons: t'Amsterdam : Ghedruckt by Paulus van Ravesteyn. Engraved title page and portrait of Van Mander by Nicola Lastman

  Contributor: Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero
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  Les Festes de Thalie

  Jean-Joseph Mouret’s 1714 Les Festes de Thalie inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Elegie om het verlies van Amaranth. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1951 recording by the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts de Versailles, conducted by G. Cloez.
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  Menuet des follets

  Hector Berlioz’s 1846 Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24) inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Van der Kleuren. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by French Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux, conducted by Albert Wolff.
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  Oak office desk

  A virtual 3D reconstruction of one of the oak office desks at which Pierre Kemp wrote his poems in his house in the Turennestraat 21 in Maastricht, where he lived from 1929 until his death in 1967.
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  Pavane pour une Infante défunte

  Maurice Ravel’s 1899 Pavane pour une Infante défunte inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Gramophone DB 4930. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by the Orchestre Symphonique, conducted by Freitas Branco.
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  Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune en Nocturnes

  Claude Achille Debussy’s 1892 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun inspired Pierre Kemp to write his poem Zingende Daad. Kemp’s record collection holds a 1932 recording by the Walther Straram Orchestra conducted by Walther Straram.
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  Record cabinet

  A virtual 3D reconstruction of the record cabinet in which Pierre Kemp kept his records, some of which directly inspired his poetry.
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  The Sabine virgins

  Drawing, color
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  The beauty and the beast

  Drawing, color
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  The dance of the seven sculptors

  Drawing, color
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  Transfer-design

  Drawing, color