Teun Roosenburg

Roosenburg was born in the Hague on 9 July 1916. The son of the architect Dirk Roosenburg, he initially studied architecture and furniture-making.{{sfn|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Land en Water}} One day, a teacher discovered a caricature he had drawn. Initially fearing that he would be punished, Roosenburg was instead brought to a drawing club.{{Sfn|Fromme|1986}} In 1936, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague, where he apprenticed under {{ill|Albert Termote|nl}}. By 1939 he was living in the Jordaan neighbourhood of Amsterdam, often working with glass or terracotta to create figurative works; these included several ornaments for his father's buildings.{{sfn|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Land en Water}} He later attended the Académie Ranson in Paris, studying under Charles Malfray and Aristide Maillol.{{sfn|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Land en Water}}{{sfn|Museum Valkenburg, Expositie}}

Following the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, Roosenburg sought a means of practising his art without registering with the newly established Nederlandsche Kultuurkamer (Chamber of Dutch Culture).{{sfn|Museum Valkenburg, Expositie}} With his peers Hanni Rädecker and Piet Damsté, he thus travelled in 1942 to Eijsden in South Limburg.{{sfn|Museum Valkenburg, Expositie}} After two weeks wandering the countryside seeking lodgings,{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1956, Limburgse kunstenaars}} he was able to rent Oost Castle for fifty guilders per month. An art colony developed at the castle, under the leadership of Roosenburg and his girlfriend Jopie Goudriaan, whom he married in 1943.{{sfn|Museum Valkenburg, Expositie}}

Seeking to protect the community, which was transporting money for the Resistance and using the castle's proximity to Belgium to facilitate the emigration of Jewish refugees, Roosenburg urged residents of the castle to dress as crazily as possible. As narrated by {{ill|Nicolaas Wijnberg|nl}}, a resident during the period, members of the colony "put on strange hats and caps, painted our shoes, and when we went outside we deliberately stared a lot and dreamily at the landscape and the cloudy sky".{{efn|Original: "{{lang|nl|... zetten rare hoeden en petten op, beschilderden onze schoenen en als we buiten hepen staarden we opzettelijk veel en dromerig naar het landschap en naar de wolkenhemel, opdat anderen maar zouden denken}}".}}{{sfn|Laudy|1991}} Food for the community, as well as those it assisted, was obtained in exchange for art. After the liberation of Eijsden, the colony hosted some two hundred American soldiers, who put on a pancake breakfast.{{sfn|Laudy|1991}}

The Roosenburgs bought Oost Castle in 1957.{{sfn|Museum Valkenburg, Expositie}} and Teun sought to protect the landscapes that his wife often painted. He opposed, for instance, the construction of a refinery in Ternaaien.{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1994, Roosenburg ridder}} Over the ensuing decades, he and Jopie often hosted parties for their fellow artists, writers, and musicians, with guests including the painter Hermanus Berserik, the journalist Anton Koolhaas (Teun's brother-in-law), and the writer Cola Debrot. At the same time, he continued to work.{{sfn|Fromme|1986}}

In March 1957, Roosenburg contributed several sculptures to an exhibition of Limburger artists in Heerlen. A reviewer for De Maasbode noted that Roosenburg excelled in garden sculpture, highlighting his standing and reclining nudes; also mentioned were the "humorous" {{lang|nl|Spaanse Ruiters}} ("Spanish Riders") and the metaphoric war memorial {{lang|nl|De Stier}} ("The Bull").{{sfn|K.S. 1957, Ruimhartigheid}} That year, Roosenburg also completed a relief for the new H. J. Lovink Pumping Station. Titled {{lang|nl|Land en Water}} ("Land and Water"), it depicts a landward farmer and seaward fisherman shaking hands over a dyke. In its description of the rijksmonument, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science describes this tableau as highlighting the station's significance in creating new agricultural land from the seabed.{{sfn|Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Gemaal H.J. Lovink}}

After the Doctor J.H. Hansen Hospital began construction in Emmeloord in 1962, Roosenburg was commissioned to create a sculpture for its main entrance. He thus completed {{lang|nl|Thuiskomst}} ("Homecoming"), which depicts a male patient, supported by a doctor, being discharged to his wife and dog.{{sfn|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Thuiskomst}} Roosenburg held several joint exhibitions with Jopie.{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1975, Jeanne Oostingprijs}} One, at the Heerlen City Hall in April 1960, included more than sixty sculptures and paintings by the couple, as well as some ceramics.{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1960, Jopie en Teun Roosenburg}} By 1982, he had held expositions in Paris, Aachen, Amsterdam, Maastricht, and Heerlen.{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1982, Roosenburg}}

In his sculpture, Roosenburg employed a figurative approach that {{ill|Jos Bloemkolk|nl|lt=Bob Frommé}} of Het Parool described as "old-fashioned in the best sense of the word: classic".{{efn|Original: "{{lang|nl|Ouderwets in de goede zin van het woord: klassiek.}}"}}{{sfn|Fromme|1986}} He was critical of more abstract approaches to art, disliking the works of Alberto Giacometti. He sought to maintain balance, arguing that "realism without interpretation is death in art, but without figurativism there is little but empty aesthetic."{{efn|Original: "{{lang|nl|Realisme zonder interpretatie is de dood in de kunst, maar zonder figuratie blijft er niet veel anders over dan lege estethiek.}}"}}{{sfn|Fromme|1986}}

Roosenburg was made a knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1994; by this time, he had served as the chairman of the Limburg Association of Visual Artists.{{sfn|Limburgsch Dagblad 1994, Roosenburg ridder}} He died in Eijsden on 15 July 2004 and was buried at Tongerseweg Cemetery in Maastricht.{{sfn|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Land en Water}} He was predeceased by Jopie, who died in 1996.{{sfn|RKD, Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan}} They had three children: Joost, Albert, and Olivier. The latter two became artists.{{sfn|Haimon|1974|p=38}}

In de kopgevel zit een keramisch reliëf van J.M. Roosenburg - Biddinghuizen - 20410189 - RCE.jpg|{{lang|nl|Land en Water}} ("Land and Water", Biddinghuizen, 1957)

De Stier Noord-Scharwoude.JPG|{{lang|nl|De Stier}} ("The Bull", Noord-Scharwoude, 1957)

Aalsmeer kunstwerk flora.jpg|{{lang|nl|Flora}} (Aalsmeer, 1962)

Teun Roosenburg - Bever.jpg|{{lang|nl|Bever}} ("Beaver", Groningen, 1964)

Meisje in mini.jpg|{{lang|nl|Meisje in Mini}} ("Girl in a Mini", Smallingerland, 1971)

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• {{Cite web

|title=Expositie 'Terug naar Kasteel Oost'

|trans-title=Exposition 'Return to Oost Castle'

|url=https://www.museumvalkenburg.nl/agenda/expositie-terug-naar-kasteel-oost/

|language=Dutch

|publisher=Museum Valkenburg

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625234101/https://www.museumvalkenburg.nl/agenda/expositie-terug-naar-kasteel-oost/

|archivedate=25 June 2022

|access-date=9 June 2024

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• {{cite news

|title=Een Kunstenaarsechtpaar met Dorstige Vrienden

|trans-title=An Artist Couple with Thirsty Friends

|language=Dutch

|work=Het Parool

|date=29 April 1986

|last=Fromme

|first=Bob

|page=13

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010832467:mpeg21:a0208

|location=Amsterdam

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• {{cite web

|title=Gemaal H.J. Lovink

|trans-title=H.J. Lovink Pumping Station

|language=Dutch

|publisher=Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

|work=Rijksmonumentenregister

|url=https://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/monumenten/530837

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|accessdate=8 May 2024

|archivedate=10 December 2023

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}}

• {{cite news

|title=Kijken met Paul Haimon, Bij Jopie Roosenburg

|trans-title=Watch with Paul Haimon: Jopie Roosenburg

|last=Haimon

|first=Paul

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=2 November 1974

|page=38

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010560858:mpeg21:p038

|location=Heerlen

}}

• {{cite news

|title=Jeanne Oostingprijs voor Jopie Roosenburg

|trans-title=Jeanne Oosting Prize for Jopie Roosenburg

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=13 December 1975

|page=15

|ref={{SfnRef|Limburgsch Dagblad 1975, Jeanne Oostingprijs}}

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• {{cite news

|title=Jopie en Teun Roosenburg Kunstenaars-echtpaar exposeert te Heerlen

|trans-title=Jopie and Teun Roosenburg hold Exposition in Heerlen

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=5 April 1960

|page=13

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|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB23:001935004:mpeg21:a00130

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• {{Cite web

|title=Jopie Roosenburg-Goudriaan

|url=https://rkd.nl/artists/68100

|language=Dutch

|publisher=Netherlands Institute for Art History

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610132617/https://research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fartists%2f68100

|archivedate=10 June 2024

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• {{cite news

|title=De Gongevaarlijke 'Gekken' van Kasteel Oost

|trans-title=The Harmless 'Madmen' of Oost Castle

|language=Dutch

|work=De Telegraaf

|date=30 November 1991

|last=Laudy

|first=Yvonne

|page=25

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010646416:mpeg21:a1253

|location=Amsterdam

}}

• {{cite news

|title=Limburgse Kunstenaars als Kasteelbewoner

|trans-title=Limburger Artists as Castleowners

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=22 December 1956

|page=11

|ref={{SfnRef|Limburgsch Dagblad 1956, Limburgse kunstenaars}}

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMCC01:048041044:mpeg21:a00139

|location=Heerlen

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• {{cite news

|title=Ruimhartigheid der Limburgse beeldhouwers

|trans-title=Generosity of Limburger Sculptors

|language=Dutch

|work=De Maasbode

|date=2 March 1957

|page=5

|last=K.S.

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• {{cite web

|title=Land en Water

|trans-title=Land and Water

|language=Dutch

|work=Flevoland Heritage

|publisher=Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur

|url=https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/kunst/oostelijk-flevoland/harderhaven/land-en-water.html

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|accessdate=9 June 2024

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• {{cite news

|title=Roosenburg

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=10 September 1982

|page=2

|ref={{SfnRef|Limburgsch Dagblad 1982, Roosenburg}}

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010593037:mpeg21:a0051

|location=Heerlen

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• {{cite news

|title=Roosenburg ridder

|trans-title=Roosenburg – Knight

|language=Dutch

|work=Limburgsch Dagblad

|date=30 April 1994

|page=19

|ref={{SfnRef|Limburgsch Dagblad 1994, Roosenburg ridder}}

|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010637811:mpeg21:a0469

|location=Heerlen

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• {{cite web

|title=Thuiskomst

|trans-title=Homecoming

|language=Dutch

|work=Flevoland Heritage

|publisher=Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur

|url=https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/kunst/noordoostpolder/emmeloord/thuiskomst.html

|ref={{sfnRef|Fleurbaaij Kunst & Cultuur, Thuiskomst}}

|accessdate=10 June 2024

|archivedate=10 June 2024

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610012200/https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/kunst/noordoostpolder/emmeloord/thuiskomst.html

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