Ursula van de Bunte - Tea Time
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"Tea Time" is part of the series: "Picture Me". It concerns a print on high-quality Canson Fibre Rag and is framed in an antique frame without glass. The size of the photo is 40x50. Including the painted frame, the size is 56 x 68 cm. It is the second edition of 12 copies.
PICTURE ME:
Save what you don’t want to lose; that is the thesis of this photo series. Photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969) has to date taken more than a hundred photos of her model and muse Paul Rooyackers (1951). Born from both her quiet fear of losing Paul, this process evolved from simple portrait photography into a unique series with more staged work, within which she captures Paul in various ways and from new perspectives and tries to eternalize him. Thus the photos serve as an antidote against, and at the same time as a testament to, the inevitable transience. Ursula’s portraits of Paul hang around the world. Ursula thinks out each photo in detail; from concept to styling, makeup and photography – she does everything herself, together with Paul. With her work she wants to show that not much is needed to tell a new story again and again.
The Picture Me series received a lot of recognition: a book with the same name was published, the photos were shown at various exhibitions in the Netherlands, and the series won the audience award during the Fotovakschool exhibition in Amsterdam.
Ursula's studio is located in a monumental building in the Hanseatic city of Kampen. She exhibits her work in museums, galleries and at art fairs.
Seller's Story
Passionate, sensitive and with an eye for detail, light and color, would be a nice description of Ursula's approach. She is perfectionistic, enthusiastic and diligent; she will only be satisfied when the well-known WOW factor has been achieved.
With her artworks she aims to bring her subjects forward in the purest possible way. Ursula transforms objects into powerful still lifes and the portraits are a reflection of a bygone era, where from time to time a splash of modern life is incorporated.
Her work is unconventional and the use of light leans toward her sources of inspiration: the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
As a photographer Ursula also seeks to distinguish herself through diversity in her work, and beside individual creations she makes series, where multiple images tell one story. She is notably discovered with her intriguing, still lifes: the series Plastic Vegetables and the series House-4-Sale. These works have been awarded with various prizes, among them for the series “de 100 van Rooyackers.”
Exhibitions:
2025 Academiehuis Zwolle
2024 Stedelijk museum Kampen
2023 ANNO museum Zwolle
2019 Fundatie Zwolle
2019 WG Kunst Amsterdam
2017 Loods 6 Amsterdam
2016 van Abbemuseum
Publications:
Stentor-Haarlems Dagblad, HP de Tijd, GUP New Dutch Photography
Awards incl.,
2017 Public Prize Photographic Design
2015 PIA d’or Award second prize Portrait
2021 Fine Art Photography Awards Portrait
Translated by Google Translate"Tea Time" is part of the series: "Picture Me". It concerns a print on high-quality Canson Fibre Rag and is framed in an antique frame without glass. The size of the photo is 40x50. Including the painted frame, the size is 56 x 68 cm. It is the second edition of 12 copies.
PICTURE ME:
Save what you don’t want to lose; that is the thesis of this photo series. Photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969) has to date taken more than a hundred photos of her model and muse Paul Rooyackers (1951). Born from both her quiet fear of losing Paul, this process evolved from simple portrait photography into a unique series with more staged work, within which she captures Paul in various ways and from new perspectives and tries to eternalize him. Thus the photos serve as an antidote against, and at the same time as a testament to, the inevitable transience. Ursula’s portraits of Paul hang around the world. Ursula thinks out each photo in detail; from concept to styling, makeup and photography – she does everything herself, together with Paul. With her work she wants to show that not much is needed to tell a new story again and again.
The Picture Me series received a lot of recognition: a book with the same name was published, the photos were shown at various exhibitions in the Netherlands, and the series won the audience award during the Fotovakschool exhibition in Amsterdam.
Ursula's studio is located in a monumental building in the Hanseatic city of Kampen. She exhibits her work in museums, galleries and at art fairs.
Seller's Story
Passionate, sensitive and with an eye for detail, light and color, would be a nice description of Ursula's approach. She is perfectionistic, enthusiastic and diligent; she will only be satisfied when the well-known WOW factor has been achieved.
With her artworks she aims to bring her subjects forward in the purest possible way. Ursula transforms objects into powerful still lifes and the portraits are a reflection of a bygone era, where from time to time a splash of modern life is incorporated.
Her work is unconventional and the use of light leans toward her sources of inspiration: the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
As a photographer Ursula also seeks to distinguish herself through diversity in her work, and beside individual creations she makes series, where multiple images tell one story. She is notably discovered with her intriguing, still lifes: the series Plastic Vegetables and the series House-4-Sale. These works have been awarded with various prizes, among them for the series “de 100 van Rooyackers.”
Exhibitions:
2025 Academiehuis Zwolle
2024 Stedelijk museum Kampen
2023 ANNO museum Zwolle
2019 Fundatie Zwolle
2019 WG Kunst Amsterdam
2017 Loods 6 Amsterdam
2016 van Abbemuseum
Publications:
Stentor-Haarlems Dagblad, HP de Tijd, GUP New Dutch Photography
Awards incl.,
2017 Public Prize Photographic Design
2015 PIA d’or Award second prize Portrait
2021 Fine Art Photography Awards Portrait
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Date of print
2026
Artist
Ursula van de Bunte
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Title of artwork
Tea Time
Condition
Very fine
Technique
Digital print
Height
50 cm
Edition
2/12
Width
40 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Portrait
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