Daan van Golden

[5][6] There he came into contact with meditation and he realized that the human mind can find peace in watching simple form carefully.

Upon returning to the Netherlands Daan van Golden started painting copies of brown packing paper to find peace of mind.

This painting was the beginning of a series of works, created between 1963 and 1975, in which simple objects such as handkerchiefs, dishcloths, wrapping paper, tablecloths and other decorative material were repainted down to the smallest details.

[10] In 1999 he represented The Netherlands in Venice Biennale Many of his works have been included in public and private collections abroad; his work may also be found in (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed), Stedelijk Museum, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague.

In his paintings of everyday objects, Golden deliberately chose to omit light and shade so that only the one-dimensional decorative motifs remained.

[41] In a 1986 newspaper article Jan Donia after an analyses of his work acknowledged, that of Van Golden held a unique position in the field of contemporary art.