In 2005, artist Peter Struycken developed jacquard woven curtains for Kasteel Wijlre, an estate where nature, culture, contemporary art and architecture come together. Art collectors Jo and Marlies Eyck, who live in the 17th-century castle, asked Struycken to design curtains around the dining room. Struycken drew inspiration from the Gobelin Room in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. When the curtains are closed, they create a three-dimensional colour room.
Struycken (The Hague, 1939) makes non-figurative work with different media, including paintings, drawing, woven work, spatial forms, film, video, digital media and interior and exterior design. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague in 1961. He is a master of colour and light compositions and is best known for his large monumental works and the postage stamp featuring a pixelated image of Queen Beatrix that he designed for KPN (now PostNL) in 1981.
In 2002, he won the Oeuvreprijs Fonds Beeldende Kunst, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, one of the most important cultural prizes in the Netherlands at the time. His work can be found in various collections, including the Stedelijk Museum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Groninger Museum and the TextielMuseum.
