The Art of Padú Lampe

The Art of

PadU

Lompe

Stan Kuiperi

E Arte di Padú Lampe

Genealogia Genealogy

The Art of Padú Lampe

Pieter Anna Lampe × Christina ±1753–1892 Muller 1765–1842

Frans Catharina Muller × Theresa Croes Tromp 1778–1839 1780–1832

Hendrik Margaritha Lampe × Craneveldt 1795–1862 Meinhardt 1814–1894 Hendrik Meinhardt Lampe 1852–1902

Jan Sarah Pieter × Zacharia Croes Castro 1815–1904 1822–1908

Sophia Romelia × Zeppenfeldt 1857–1930

Juan Jeannette Chabaya × Zeppenfeldt Croes 1856–1933 1857–1919

Henri Everard Lampe 1884–1954

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Ida Croes 1885–1954

Juan Daisy Chabaya × Croes (Padú)

Lampe

1916–1994

1920–2019

Padú cu su nieto Ervin den Beatrixstraat, ± 1976 Padú with his grandson Ervin at Beatrixstraat

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Zelfportret / Self-portrait 1997

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Fruitmarket at the Seaside 1955

Cuadro ganador na exposicion ALCOA, New York Coleccion no conoci Collection unknown

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Contenido Contents

Prologo Prologue ALICE C. VAN ROMONDT

6 E arte di Padú: Un introduccion The art of Padú: An introduction STAN KUIPERI

Temanan Themes STAN KUIPERI

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Paisahe di Aruba Aruban landscapes

Pintura abstracto Abstract paintings

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Cas tipico di Aruba Typical Aruban houses

Flora y fauna Flora and fauna

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Cronologia Time line left and right inside covers

Costa y bista di lama Coastal scenes and sea views

Musica y texto Music and texts

Genealogia Genealogy Famia Lampe & Croes Family

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8 Biografia Padú Lampe Biography Padú Lampe

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Sitio conoci Familiar sites

Potret Portraits

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Daisy

Otro tema Other themes

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Rufo Wever

Padú den wowo di otro artista Padú by other artists

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Epilogo Epilogue STAN KUIPERI

130 Lista di obra List of works 132 Lista di exposicion List of exhibitions 133 Bibliografia Bibliography 133 Tocante e autor About the author 134 Tocante e diseñado About the designer 135 Colofon Colophon 136

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Prologo Prologue

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Tabata exactamente 20 aña pasa cu e conocido artista visual Julie Oduber, a uni un gran cantidad di artista, poeta, musico cu e fin pa brinda Padú Lampe un homenahe na ocasion di su 80 aña. Esaki ta e momento cu a dicidi di lanta un fundacion na honor di Padú. A scohe pa yam’e Fundacion Pa Promove Cultura na Honor di Padú Lampe (Fundacion Padú Lampe). E meta di un fundacion na honor di un persona multifacetico manera Padú, no ta dificil pa delinea, esta stimula cultura den tur sentido: musica, literatura, arte.

Den transcurso di aña, Fundacion Padú Lampe a realisa cu pa stimula cultura mester cuminsa cu preserva locual cu ta importante pa nos herencia cultural. Ta importante pa sa for di unda b’a bin, pa tuma e direccion corecto unda bo ta bay.

Pa tal motibo a inicia e proyecto voluminoso di digitalisa tur documento, portret y musica di Padú, cu a resulta den reparticion di tarea entre varios experto. E digitalisacion di Padú su composicionnan ta un tarea specifico y ta rekeri conocemento profesional di musica. Padú tabata composita tocando piano of cuarta cantando via grabacion riba cassette. Awor ta e tarea di e Fundacion pa coordina e transformacion di cassette pa partitura y letra; un proceso intensivo si tene na cuenta cu Padú a produci mas cu 300 cassette!

Aparte di su musica, Padú a skirbi varios buki cu a haya atencion y a produci hopi pintura riba diferente tema. Ken miho pa e tarea di skirbi un buki tocante Padú su obranan cu Stan Kuiperi, un artista renombra y hopi conoci pa su pen skerpi y mente analitico, docente di arte y cultura y miembro di directiva di Fundacion Padú Lampe.

Stan Kuiperi durante varios aña a studia Padú su obranan y a haci un inventarisacion fotografico di mas tanto obra posibel.

Exactly 20 years ago well-know artist Julie Oduber united many artists, poets, and musicians in order to honor Padú Lampe on his 80th birthday. At this time it was decided to found the Foundation for Cultural Promotion Honoring Padú Lampe (Padú Lampe Foundation). Its aim is to stimulate cultural activity through music, literature and the visual arts. In order to do this it’s necessary to preserve all which is important to our cultural legacy. It is important to know where one comes from in order to take the correct direction to go towards.

Therefore we initiated the extensive project to digitalize all of Padú’s documents, pictures and music.

This resulted in recruiting experts with professional musical knowledge, as Padú recorded his compositions on music cassettes. These need to be transcribed to sheet music, a complicated task since Padú produced more than 300 cassettes!

Next to his music, Padú wrote several interesting books and painted many pictures about different themes. Who better to write a book about Padú’s art than Stan Kuiperi, a renown artist, wellknown for his critical writing and analytical mind, an

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E resultado ta un joya di buki. E ta sirbi diferente proposito pa amante di arte, studiante, y bishitante di Aruba cu ta haya un introduccion sublime. E ta duna un descripcion total di e artista Padú Lampe, su diferente estilonan y etapanan durante decadanan cu el a pinta.

Fundacion Padú Lampe ta gradici Stan Kuiperi pa un trabao excelente, un recompilacion di añanan di studio y transcribi na un manera cu lo deleita un grupo grandi y varia di lesadornan.

Danki!

Tambe ta gradici Steffen Maas kenda a haci e diseño grafico di e buki aki cu hopi amor.

Su dedicacion a contribui na un buki cu ta un bon refleho di e artista Padú.

Awor cu proyecto di digitalisacion di carta y potret ta den ehecucion, cu dos buki di Padú ta traduci na Papiamento, cu ta den proceso pa skirbi partituranan di musica di Padú y cu e buki tocante di arte di Padú a mira luz di dia, a yega e momento pa anuncia proyecto number 4 di Fundacion, e creacion di Museo Padú del Caribe na e cas di Padú mes. Ta vislumbra un museo den futuro cu accento riba cultura: musica local, documentonan y musica digitalisa, oportunidad pa brinda espacio pa ‘artists in residence’, y asina sigui promove cultura na diferente nivel y cu diferente disciplina, teniendo Padú como inspiracion y figura central den e Museo aki. Fundacion Padú Lampe ta gradici tur persona cu ta contribuyendo na realisacion di tur e proyectonan aki.

Deseo di Fundacion ta pa cada hogar na Aruba tin e buki E arte di Padú y cu cada ken por ta mesun orguyoso cu nos ta di e publicacion bunita aki cu ta siña nos un poco mas di nos Tata di Cultura!

Sra. Alice C. van Romondt, Presidente di Fundacion pa Promove Cultura di Aruba na Honor di Padú Lampe

art educator and member of the Padú Lampe Foundation. Stan Kuiperi has been studying and inventarizing Padú’s art for several years. The result is a beautiful book for the art lover, student, and visitor giving a sublime introduction and description of the several styles and periods of Padú’s art work. The Padú Lampe Foundation thanks Stan Kuiperi for an excellent job of studying and transcribing in such a way as to delight a large and varied group of readers.

Thank you!

We also thank Steffen Maas for his graphic design of this book done with love. His dedication contributed to a book which is a good reflection of the artist Padú.

Now that the digitalization process is being executed, two books by Padú have been translated to Papiamento, the process of sheet music writing is on its way, and the Padú art book project is completed, it’s time to announce the Foundation’s project number 4: The creation of the Padú del Caribe Museum at Padú’s residence. The main goal is to create a museum focused on culture: Local music, documents, digitalized music and a space for artists in residence, to promote culture at different levels and disciplines with Padú as inspiration and as central figure in the museum. The Padú Lampe Foundation wishes to thank everybody who is contributing to the realization of all these projects.

The Foundation’s wish is for every household in Aruba to have a copy of The Art of Padú Lampe and for everyone to be as proud as we are of this beautiful publication that teaches us a bit more about our ‘Father of Culture’!

Mrs. Alice C. Van Romondt President, Foundation for the Cultural Promotion of Aruba Honoring Padú Lampe

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E Arte di Padú: Un Introduccion The Art of Padú: An Introduction

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E buki aki ta enfoca riba e carera di pintor di Padú Lampe, cu despues di casi un siglo merece su atencion special banda di e carera impactante di musico cantante, pianista y compositor di Padú.

Awor, durante e celebracion di e Centenario Padú na april 2020, e tempo a yega pa pone atencion riba Padú su obra completo den arte visual. E Arte di Padú Lampe lo ta e prome publicacion pa trata y reseña e nificacion di Padú pa desaroyo di arte visual na Aruba den siglonan 20 y 21.

This book will focus entirely on Padú’s painting career which has never yet received the full attention it deserved. This is mainly due to the overwhelming popularity of Padú’s other careers, those of musician, singer and composer, as well as writer in a lesser sense.

The time has now come, at the occasion of his Centennial celebration in 2020, to rightfully put his complete body of artworks in the spotlight through this publication, the first to review the meaning of Padú’s work for cultural development in Aruba.

Creciendo den un famia hopi musical, Padú sinembargo tambe tabatin un interes y deseo grandi di por capta su mundo y su comunidad den imagennan permanente, y asina el a crea un carera largo y prolifico como pintor artistico. Como autodidacto, Padú a crea su propio tecnica y estilo di pinta, experimentando cu pintura, color, forma y composicion te ora cu el a logra crea e imagennan cu e tabata desea.

Padú a cuminsa pinta na edad hoben.

Su cuadro di costa di Oranjestad di 1936 (16 aña) (ta mustra su tecnica avansa di pintamento, pero tambe su interes investigativo den su isla, su cultura y su historia. Na edad di 19 aña Padú a participa na e exposicion di arte di New York World’s Fair di 1939 (# ...). Te asina leu cu ta conoci, por considera e cuadro aki como e prome obra di un pintor Arubiano expone den un exposicion internacional. Na edad di 35 aña Padú a participa na e exposicion ‘Fine Art of the Caribbean’ na New York na aña 1955, organisa pa Alcoa Steamship Co., e compania di barco crucero cu tabata nabega den Caribe. Cu e cuadro ‘Fruitmarket at the Seaside’ (p. 4) el a logra e prome premio di e region Antiano, confirmando atrobe su talento

As a young, self-taught artist, Padú developed his own painterly technique and style, experimenting with paint, color, form and composition until mastering the medium to his satisfaction. He achieved this through his energetic creativity, his visual intelligence, and his ability to take on challenges with disciplined determinination.

At the young age of 16, Padú showed his advanced painting technique and his interest in his island, its culture and its history. At only 19, he participated in the 1939 New York World’s Fair IBM exhibition ‘Contemporary Art of 79 countries’, the first time ever that Aruban art was exhibited internationally. In 1955 he exhibited in the ALCOA Steamship-sponsored ‘Fine Art of the Caribbean’ exhibition in New York, earning a regional prize. In 1963 he was the first to succesfully exhibit in the recently opened Aruba Caribbean Hotel.

These impressive early and mid-career periods produced the most technically superior artworks of his total body of work in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

We can only imagine how far he would have made it professionally in the world at this point. His destiny, however, was to stay in Aruba to enrichen the lives of

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duradero. Otro punto importante den su carera tabata e exposicion exitoso di su cuadronan na aña 1963 na Aruba Caribbean Hotel, e promer resort grandi cu a habri su portanan na 1959.

his fellow community members and to make them proud of his many achievements. As early as in the 1950s he became known as ‘Padú del Caribe’ for the succes and fame of his music in the region.

Padú tabata miembro di e prome generacion di pintor na Aruba durante e decada di 1930–1940 cu a marca e cuminsamento di e historia di arte di Aruba. El a sigi un curso por escrito y casi sigur tambe a haya instruccion cerca e pintor Griego Jean G. Pandellis, kende a yega Aruba den añanan ’30 di siglo pasa. Algun otro colega pintor contemporaneo di Padú cu tabata forma e mundo di arte visual na Aruba e tempo ey tabata Piet Vervoord, Gerard Alers, Henry Patist, Hubert (Lio) Booi, Leo Kuiperi, Julie Oduber-Quigley, Pablo (Totón) Quandt y tambe Joan Donati (ken ainda ta cu nos).

Durante su añanan largo di dedicacion artistico, Padú a logra domina e proceso complica di pintura exitosamente, a base di su creatividad energetico, su inteligencia visual y e habilidad pa completa un tarea cu determinacion disciplina. Esakinan ta e ingredientenan cu ta forma e talento creativo special di Padú. Un talento creativo cu a expresa su mes pa medio di un mente di pintor, musico / compositor, y pensador / escritor. Pa medio di e talento aki el a capta pa posteridad e mundo di su pais natal y di su vision personal den imagennan cu semper lo keda graba den e consciencia colectivo Arubano.

E talento aki tambe ta califica Padú Lampe como un ‘Homber Renacentista’: Un persona multitalentoso, cu interes y conocemento diverso, cu ta biba den su mundo y den su tempo completamente consciente di su multipel habilidadnan y di su aporte na comunidad.

Aside from all this, he married Daisy Croes, established a family, started his own company and later worked for the ALM airlines until his retirement, all the while also composing, performing and recording his way to an even more impressive and productive musical career. Yet he always strived to expand his horizons as a creative in all three of his areas of interest. In the visual arts, he continued to paint extensively showing creative interest in landscapes, typical Aruban houses, seaside views, flora and fauna, family and friends, celebrities, and so forth. He immortalized his beloved island as if knowing that one day all of it would be transformed or made to disappear. His curiosity knew no limits, he never let later technical challenges hinder him, and he always shared all of his work with the community.

With time,and past his 60th year, logically Padú’s technique diminished. Technique and themes, however, were not as essential anymore for him at this later point of life. The mere fact that he was still painting and still passionately continuing his artistic process, was an act of celebratory hommage to the creative human spirit.

In the 1980’s he retired and dedicated his time fully to taking care of his beloved wife. In the 1990s, at 70+ years, he restarted all his activities with renewed energy and an ever-present youthful enthousiasm, and in 2008 he even underwent double eye surgery to be able to paint again. Soon after, he produced — by sheer will of spirit — one of his largest and last

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Padú mes a bisa: “Den mi bida mi tin tres hobby: Musica, pintura y literatura.” E enfasis ta riba su uzo di e palabra hobby.Nos por unicamente imagina nos con lew Padú lo por a yega si e lo a enfoca profesionalmente riba un solo talento.

Pero su destino tabata pa keda na Aruba y enrikece curason, alegra bida y educa mente di su propio paisanonan na prome luga.

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Como pintor su inspiracion a sali for di su propio observacion di e medio ambiente local y for di su mundo interno. Caracteristicamente, semper Padú a purba di amplia su horizonte como persona y como creador. Su curiosidad creativo a motiv’e pa explora un cantidad grandi di tema den su pintamento. Ehempel di esaki ta su exposicionnan individual na Biblioteca Nacional na aña 1998, 2005 y 2009, den cua Padú ta presenta un cantidad grandi di tema. Su inspiracion por ta su interes den un edificio, su aprecio pa un cierto paisahe, su amistad pa un cierto persona, of cualkier evento of conmemoracion cu a tuma luga. Tur loke a capta su interes, tur loke a lanta su curiosidad y tur loke a inspira su creatividad, esey Padú a acerca cu e entusiasmo hubenil, espontaneo y positivo cu semper a caracterisa su persona.

Cu tempo, logicamente, e tecnica di pinta di Padú a cuminsa varia. Siendo autodidacta y pintando ainda te na edad di 80 aña, cu tur e retonan cu esaki tabata trece cu ne, ta inevitabel cu su obranan di añanan ’30, ’40 y ’50 ta tecnicamente mas fuerte cu esunnan di 30 y 40 aña despues. Den historia di arte, e cambio aki ta comun den pintor di edad avansa. Na edad mas halto su tecnica di autodidacto a bira mas evidente den su obranan.

Ademas, su interes den produccion musical y

collections, and enjoyed every exhibition event, often singing to music played for him by his loyal band of musicians. At the beginning of the 2010–2020 decade, at 90+ years, he finally laid down his brushes for the last time and stopped painting.

Today in the year 2020, one hundred years after his birth, Padú is a national icon in Aruban culture, beloved by his people and well-respected internationally.

For his persistent dedication to his cultural output throughout his life, he received several official honors and many popular awards. Some of the most honorable are: The title ‘Tata di Cultura’ (conferred by the Aruban government), ‘Ridder — and — Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau’ (Dutch Royalty decorations), the ‘Zilveren Anjer’ (highest Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds decoration for cultural achievements), and from Venezuela an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zulia, the Presidential ‘Orden de Andrés Bello’ medal, and a ‘Piano de Oro’ by the RCA Victor recording company.

His priceless legacy to Aruba and beyond is twofold.

Firstly, a lasting artistic treasure of artworks, music and literature, hopefully soon to be housed in his own Museo Padú del Caribe. Secondly, a personal example of profound gratitude for life’s blessings and of respect for human dignity and human values. May both serve as lasting inspiration for all future generations!

Stan Kuiperi Author

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literario, y su dedicacion familiar y social a hunga un rol importante den mantencion di su tecnica na nivel di autodidacta.

Sinembargo, siguiendo e liña di desaroyo di su pintamento, por bisa cu durante su ultimo añanan di productividad, ni tecnica ni tema no tabata e aspectonan esencial di su obra mas, sino e mero hecho cu Padú ainda tabata pinta. Despues di a haya problema di bista, Padú a insisti pa haci operacion di wowo na 2008, y despues a bolbe cuminsa pinta loke a bira su ultimo coleccion di pintura durante aña 2009. E mero acto di sigui pinta, di continuacion di e proceso artistico, tabata un acto di homenahe di parti di su persona na e espirito creativo humano. Padú a demostra un tenacidad y un perseverancia como creador (loke awendia nan ta yama Creatives) durante ocho decada largo y te na su ultimo periodo como pintor, te ora cu su dedenan ya no por a tene un penseel ni por a toca piano mas.

Den liña grandi por parti e bida di Padú Lampe, cu a dura diez decada en total (1920 te fin di 2019), di e siguiente manera: E prome decada di infancia y hubentud. Decada ’30 te cu ’40: Trabou, servicio militar, casamento cu Daisy, nacemento di nan yiu Vivian y cuminsamento di su carera den pintamento y musica. Decada ’50 te cu ’70: Propio compania di trabou y ALM, periodo den gobierno, desaroyo principal den musica (cu e nomber ‘Padú del Caribe’) y e prome reconocementonan oficial.

Decada ’80 te cu ’90: Pensioen, dedicacion na cuido di su casa Daisy. Decada ’90 te cu decada 2000: reactivacion di su carera den pintura y musica, Fundacion Padú Lampe, titulo ‘Tata di

Cultura’, ultimo exposicionnan grandi, y finalisacion di pintamento. Decada 2010 te 2020: homenahe y reconocementonan, inauguracion di Plaza Padú, dedicacion di su yiu Vivian pa su cuido na cas, y finalmente fayecemento na 2019, faltando cinco luna pa cumpli 100 aña.

Awe, na aña 2020, 100 aña despues di su nacemento, Padú ta un simbolo nacional di cultura Arubiano, stima pa su hendenan y conoci y aprecia internacionalmente. El a biba den dos siglo y den dos milenio, y el a experencia e cambionan grandi riba tur tereno posibel, tanto globalmente como riba su isla chikito stima. El a dedica su bida na inmortalisa su pais, su hendenan y nan cultura pa medio di su arte y di su talentonan.

Pero kisas su talento mas valioso tabata su gran habilidad personal di anda, comunica y coopera cu tur hende na un manera semper amabel y positivo, y cu un curason sincero.

Padú a percura pa laga un herencia nacional hopi valioso atras pa tur generacion cu ta sigui, y cu ta consisti di dos parti: Un tesoro artistico grandi y permanente di pintura, musica y literatura, y un ehempel personal di respet y gratitud pa bendicionnan di bida combina cu dignidad y balornan humano. Cu tur dos por sirbi como inspiracion pa tur futuro generacion!

Stan Kuiperi Autor

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Biografia Padú Lampe Biography Padú Lampe Padú’s parents, Mr. Henri Everard Lampe and Mrs. Ida Lampe-Croes, lived, like many other families at the time, on the main street of Oranjestad which was then called ‘Nassaustraat’. Their beautiful Latin American neo-baroque-style residence was named ‘Mother’s Home’ in honor of Padú’s mother.

His musical family was an early introduction to the arts for the young Padú. In 1946, at 26 years and right after his military service, he married his beloved Daisy Croes and moved to Beatrixstreet 10, where they lived on permanently. This residency is now the present home of a large collection of paintings by Padú, more than 600 books read by Padú, and 300 music cassettes on which Padú recorded his musical compositions. The Padú Lampe Foundation has plans to convert this residency in a future museum.

E mayornan di Padú / Padú’s parents H.Lampe y I. Lampe-Croes

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Exactamente un siglo pasa Juan Chabaya ‘Padú’ Lampe a nace, na aña 1920 na Oranjestad, Aruba.

Su mayornan, Sr. Henri Everard Lampe y Sra. Ida Croes-Lampe, mescos cu varios otro famia di Playa, tabata biba den Caya Principal, e tempo ey yama ‘Nassaustraat’, na e sitio unda awendia tin un negoshi di moda pariba di La Linda. Nan tabatin un bunita ‘residencia di comerciante’, den estilo neo-baroco Latino Americano, yama ‘Mother’s Home’ na honor di mama di Padú.

Na e cas aki, residencia di un famia masha musical, Padú a haya su prome inspiracion artistico siñando toca piano, guitara, wiri etc. E bisiñanan di otro band’i caya, manera famia Boom-Gravenhorst, tur diadomingo tabata tende musica sali for di Mother’s Home y yena e bario cu alegria. Na aña 1946, despues di su servicio militar, Padú a casa cu su namorada Daisy Croes, y nan a muda bay

After working at his own electrical company for 16 years, Padú switched to the ALM Airline company for 14 years. During this time he continuously composed music, performed and recorded under the name ‘Padú del Caribe, bestowed upon him for the popularity of his albums in the region. In 1980 he retired and dedicated all his time to taking care of his wife Daisy for almost 15 years.

After her passing in 1994, he restarted his artistic activities with renewed energy. He composed new music, recorded several CD’s and performed at sold-out concerts, painted and exhibited large painting collections with youthful energy, well into the first decade of the new millennium.

Due to the long trayectory of Padú’s life and his many activities, this book includes a time-line with more biographical details.

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Beatrixstraat 10, caminda su suegro Adison Croes a traha algun cas. Ey Padú a keda biba henter su bida. Na e cas ainda tin e mueblenan original cu Padú y Daisy a cumpra durante nan luna di miel na Bogotá. Fundacion Padú Lampe tin plan pa converti e residencia aki den un museo pa Padú Lampe den futuro. E edificio ya caba ta cas pa un gran cantidad di cuadro pinta pa Padú, mas di 500 buki cu Padú a lesa, y mas di 300 cassette cu musica cu Padú a composita y toca, hopi di cual mester registra y digitalisa ainda.

Na aña 1950 Padú a habri su propio negoshi electronico cu a dura te 1966, ora cu el a cuminsa traha como representante pa ALM te na edad di pensioen na aña 1980.

Durante e decada di añanan ’80 y parti di e decada di añanan ’90, Padú a dedica su tempo na cuido di su casa Daisy te na su fayecemento na aña

1994. Despues di esaki y te den e milenio nobo, Padú a reanuda su actividadnan musical y pictorico, grabando masha hopi musica, dunando concierto, y creando varios coleccion di cuadro pa exposicion.

Na aña 2008 (88 aña) ainda el a haci operacion di wowo, pa mira bon atrobe pa sigui pinta.

Durante su bida Padú a ricibi tur e reconocemento cu e tabata merece di Aruba y di exterior, entre otro ‘Tata di Cultura’, Ridder y Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, e ‘Zilveren Anjer’ di Hulanda, y di Venezuela e Piano di Oro di RCA Victor, e medaya Presidencial di ‘Orden de Andrés Bello’ y un Doctorado Honoris Causa di Universidad di Zulia. Debi na e trayecto largo di Padú su bida y e cantidad di actividad diverso cu el a desplega durante mas di 80 aña, e buki aki ta inclui un liña di tempo cu mas detaye biografico.

Mother’s Home den Nassaustraat Mother’s Home at Nassaustraat (now Caya G.F. ‘Betico’ Croes, Main Street)

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Paisahe di Aruba Aruban landscapes

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Cas tipico di Aruba Typical Aruban houses

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Musica y texto Music and text 88

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Sitio conoci Familiar sites 96

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3. Costa y bista di lama Coastal scenes and sea views

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Pintura abstracto Abstract paintings

Flora y fauna Flora and fauna

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Paisahe di Aruba Aruban landscapes

E paisahe di cunucu di Aruba kisas ta e tema mas cerca di Padú su curason, y esun mas representa den su obra total for di edad di 16 aña caba. Padú obviamente tabata experiencia e paisahe como parti fundamental di e identidad di su isla natal.

Padú a mira su medio ambiente natural como un extension di su mes, y como un reto grandi pa e siña domina pa medio di e tecnicanan pictorico.

Pintando e paisahe Padú por a crea su propio mundo segun e ehempel di e creacion Divino, y e tabata practica su observacion, su conosemento, su confiansa pa hasi escohencia y tuma decision segun e trabou di pintor ta exigi.

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Ta un echo cu e paisahenan di añanan ’30 y ’40 tecnicamente ta mihor pinta y tabatin un tamaño mas grandi. Esaki ta debi na cu despues Padú a concentra hopi mas riba musica y skibimento, y edad tambe a cuminsa hunga un rol manera cerca casi tur pintor di edad halto. Sinembargo e prome paisahenan ta impresionante pa un hoben autodidactico, y esunnan despues semper a mantene nan vitalidad.

E prome paisahe conoci di Padú ta data di aña 1936 (16 aña) (pag. 17). Na 1939 Padú a pinta un paisahe grandi cu campo di aloë (pag. 24) cu un pareha Americano a cumpra. Casi 70 aña despues e autor suscrito a bai Merca pa cumpr’e y tres’e Aruba atrobe. E cuadro aki ta pinta na dos banda.

Tambe na 1939, Padú a participa na e exposicion ‘Contemporary Art of 79 Countries’ di IBM na e New York World’s Fair cu e paisahe ‘A Typical View

of Aruba’ (pag. 20), e prome biaha cu un paisahe Arubano a ser hiba den exposicion exterior. Na aña 1940 atrobe e hoben Padú a sobresali den un exposicion colectivo na San Nicolas, ricibiendo elogio di un critico di arte pa su obra ‘Adam and Eve in Paradise’, un cuadro perdi. Su cuadro di aña 1941, ‘Paisahe na Rooi Manonchi’ (pag. 18) ta hopi conoci y ta inclui den e buki ‘Arte’ (A.Martis y J. Smit). Durante 7 decada Padú a sigi pinta su paisahenan solea, hopi biaha marca pa e Divi-divi, Hooiberg, cadushi y barancanan, y un shelo blauw nubla. Cu edad e tamañonan a bira mas chikito, y e tecnica di pinta a cambia bira mas simpel y expresionista, manera hopi biaha por mira den e nubia, mata y formanan general.

The Aruban ‘cunucu’ landscape may be the theme closest to Padú’s heart and most represented in his art starting from the young age of 18 years. Padú obviously experienced the Aruban landscape as a fundamental aspect of the island identity. He saw his natural environment as an extension of himself and as a painterly challenge. Painting the landscape he could create his own world mirroring Divine creation while practicing his observational and decision-making skills.

It is a fact that his early, large landscapes from the late 1930’s and 1940’s were technically his best work and earned him his earliest successesboth at home and internationally. His 1936 landscape (page 17) at 16 years is currently his oldest known painting. In 1939, at age 19, he painted a large aloe landscape (page 24)

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which was sold to buyers in the USA and brought back to Aruba by the author after 60 years. This painting is painted on both sides of the canvas.

In 1939 he also participated in the New York World’s Fair IBM art exhibit, with another Aruban landscape (page 20) which the author recently traced back after 80 years to publish in this book. This showing of an Aruban painting internationally was a historic feat by

Padú. His ‘Landscape at Rooi Manonchi’ (1941) (page 18) is included in the first book about Aruban and Antillean art by local art historians A. Martis / J. Smit.

Padú continued to paint his sunny landscapes for over 7 more decades. With age his formats became smaller, and his painting technique became more simple and expressionistic as can often be seen in the clouds, vegetation and general forms.

Titulo no conoci Title unknown 1936 Cuadro di paisahe mas bieuw conoci Oldest known landscape painting

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Paisahe na Rooi Manonchi 1941

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A typical view of Aruba 1939 Burico den Mondi / Donkeys in the countryside 1997

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The Natural Bridge 2003 The road to Ayo 2001

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Vicinity of Altovista 1997