Edith Brouwer


Edith Brouwer

Edith Brouwer


Edith Brouwer is a printmaker. In her studio in Amsterdam she makes linocuts and etchings. She read Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam and has been making her own linocuts since 2014.

An important idea in her work is what she calls “calm chaos”, after the book by Sandro Veronesi: the state of mind in which the wish to be alone goes together with the wish to belong somewhere.

That is exactly what you see again in the prints. Usually a single figure in an empty field — a walker, a cyclist, someone reading — drawn in a sparing line and printed on small wooden blocks. The colour stays muted: blue-grey, ochre, terracotta.


Edith Brouwer is grafisch kunstenaar. In haar atelier in Amsterdam maakt zij linosneden en etsen. Ze studeerde Culturele Studies aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam en maakt sinds 2014 haar eigen linosnedes.

Een belangrijk gegeven in haar werk is wat zij “kalme chaos” noemt, naar het boek van Sandro Veronesi: de gemoedstoestand waarin het verlangen om alleen te zijn samengaat met het verlangen ergens bij te horen.

Dat is precies wat je in de prenten terugziet. Meestal één figuur in een leeg vlak — een wandelaar, een fietser, iemand die leest — getrokken in een spaarzame lijn en gedrukt op kleine houten blokken. De kleur blijft gedempt: blauwgrijs, oker, terracotta.

Edith Brouwer, Cipres 8, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 8, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 11, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 11, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 6, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 6, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 7, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 7, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen 1 blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood only in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen 1 blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood only in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 21, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 21, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 10, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 10, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 2, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 2, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Amsterdam, 240 euro, Linocut in wooden frame, 20x18 cm
Edith Brouwer, Amsterdam, 240 euro, Linocut in wooden frame, 20×18 cm
Edith Brouwer, Boekenkast blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Boekenkast blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 4, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 4, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 5, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 5, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen 1 blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen 1 blauw, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 9, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 9, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 19, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 19, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen met tekst, 105 euro, Two-colour linocut in frame, 16x16 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezen met tekst, 105 euro, Two-colour linocut in frame, 16×16 cm
Edith Brouwer voor ARTACASA
Edith Brouwer voor ARTACASA

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Sold works

Edith Brouwer, Lezende man, 115 euro, Linocut on paper in frame with museum glass, 21,5x21,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Lezende man, 115 euro, Linocut on paper in frame with museum glass, 21,5×21,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Langs de waterkant, 95 euro, Etching in coffee grinder drawer, 11x11x4
Edith Brouwer, Langs de waterkant, 95 euro, Etching in coffee grinder drawer, 11x11x4
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 22, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 22, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 12, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 12, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 15, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 15, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 14, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 14, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Boekenkast, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Boekenkast, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Luxaflex handstand oranje/rood, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Luxaflex handstand oranje/rood, 75 euro, Linocut on wood in wooden frame, 10x10x3 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 1, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Cipres 1, 85 euro, Etching on block, unframed, 10x5x3,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Move on op oude brief, 235 euro, Linocut on old letter in vintage frame, 28,5x22,5 cm
Edith Brouwer, Move on op oude brief, 235 euro, Linocut on old letter in vintage frame, 28,5×22,5 cm

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