Austrian artist Frau Isa painted not one, but two murals on an apartment building at the Middellaan. Some people from Breda will recognise the designs right away: Isa’s work is inspired by the glorious past of the Kwatta factory.
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The 16-meter high diptych shows a "Kwatta" girl (right) and a "Kwatta "soldier (left), two well-known concepts in Breda. From the end of the 19th century, the Chocolate Factory Kwatta stood here, the bars that the factory produced became "world-famous" in the Benelux. Soldiers were depicted on the bars of the bars, which could be saved as stamps for a free bar or a tin soldier. If you had saved 100 soldiers, you could exchange them for the coveted bendable soldier.
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Most Kwatta employees were young girls, famously known as the Kwatta meisjes (girls). An original Kwatta-girl was present at the official unveiling (August 18th 2019) of the murals, Corry Dieckmann. The murals have been made possible thanks to the contribution of Alwel and the neighbourhood platform.
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- Blind Walls Gallery | 2019 -