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Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Coordinates: 52°5′23″N 4°16′50″E / 52.08972°N 4.28056°E / 52.08972; 4.28056
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Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Museum building designed by H.P. Berlage
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Former names
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gemeentemuseum
Established29 May 1866 (1866-05-29)
LocationStadhouderslaan 41
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates52°5′23″N 4°16′50″E / 52.08972°N 4.28056°E / 52.08972; 4.28056
TypeArt museum
Visitors361,922 (2023)[1]
DirectorMargriet Schavemaker (from 1 June 2024)
ArchitectHendrik Petrus Berlage
Websitewww.kunstmuseum.nl


The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. It has a collection of around 165,000 works, over many different forms of art. In particular, the Kunstmuseum is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. Mondrian's last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display at the museum.

The current museum building was constructed between 1931 and 1935, designed by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage.[2]

The KM21 (museum for contemporary art) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague museum for photography) are part of the Kunstmuseum, though not housed in the same building and with a separate entrance fee.[3][4]

The new director Margriet Schavemaker started on 1 June 2024.[5] She replaces Benno Tempel, who left as of 1 November 2023.[6]

Collection

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Barack Obama visiting the museum in 2014

Modern art

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The museum's collection of modern art includes works by international artists (Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Frank Stella, Lee Bontecou, Henri Le Fauconnier and many others) and Dutch artists (Constant, Vincent van Gogh, Johan Jongkind, Pyke Koch, Piet Mondriaan, Charley Toorop, Jan Toorop, and many others).[7]

Pottery and Glass art

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The Kunstmuseum has one of the largest collections of Dutch Delftware in the world. Selected pieces of the collection are on display at the a permanent gallery which represent Dutch art in the 'Golden Age'.[8] The museum also holds one of the largest collections of Persian ceramics and glasses in Europe.[9]

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The museum has a collection of 19th- and 20th-century prints, posters and drawings, containing around 50,000 items. It comprises works by Dutch artists such as Co Westerik and Jan Toorop, as well as works by Rodolphe Bresdin, Ingres, Paul Klee, Toulouse-Lautrec, Odilon Redon and others. A selection is on view in the print room.[7]

Fashion

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The collection of fashion items, accessories, jewellery, drawings and prints includes historical items as well as modern ones by designers such as Cristóbal Balenciaga, Gabrielle Chanel, André Courrèges, John Galliano and Fong Leng. For reasons of conservation items are only shown at temporary exhibitions.[7]

Music

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The music collection includes a large collection of musical instruments and a music library, with an emphasis on European music.[7] The collection mainly includes fortepianos, wind and plucked string instruments. Also, there are instruments from other cultures and contemporary electronic instruments. In addition, the collection includes prints, posters, drawings and photographs relating to 'performance practice'. Part of the collection came from the Scheurleer Music History Museum, that lasted from 1905 to 1935, and was purchased after the bankruptcy of Scheurleer & Zoonen in 1932.[10]

Exhibitions

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The museum has around 25 to 30 exhibitions per year.[11] In 2021 and 2022 exhibitions have included Portuguese painter Paula Rego, Basque fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga and English potter and artist Grayson Perry.[12] The 2021 exhibition Monet: The Garden Paintings was voted as the best museum exhibition in the Netherlands.[13][14]

Visitor Numbers

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These numbers are solely for the Kunstmuseum, excluding KM21 and the Fotomuseum

Year Number Notes
2023 361,922[15]
2022 274,530[16]
2021 87,412 Closed for 169 days, open for 196 days (with restrictions)
2020 201,000 The museum was closed 112 days due to corona measures
2019 416,204
2018 302,141

Founding History

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1866 - 1912

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On 29 May 1866, a group of artists and collectors in The Hague established The Society for the Development of a Museum of Modern Art (Dutch: Vereeniging tot het oprigten van een Museum van Moderne Kunst). The artworks brought together by this group would form the original core of the Kunstmuseum.[17]

Among the initiators were The Hague politician Hugo Ferdinand (otherwise known Baron van Zuylen van Nijevelt), the Director of the Mauritshuis, Jean Zacharie Mazel, the artists David Bles, Louwrens Hanedoes, Carel Vosmaer, the architect Henri Camp, the former minister Agnites Vrolik, and Hendrik Steengracht van Oosterland, a representative of King William III.[18] Later directors of the association included the artists Philip Sadée, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Jacob Maris, Salomon Verveer and Johannes Stroebel. The association also had many artists and notables among its members, including Princes Frederik and Alexander of the Netherlands. The association started by purchasing paintings and was soon looking for exhibition space. The St Sebastian building and Panorama Mesdag, among others, were used temporarily as accommodation.[19]

By 1871, the council had taken the decision to start a gemeentemuseum (council museum), including both historical artworks and objects, and contemporary pieces of art donated by The Society. The historical objects would be managed by the council, and the contemporary art by the Society. [20] The museum was te be on the street called the Korte Beestenmarkt, in the centre of The Hague [21] Within a few months, it had been visited by Queen Wilhelmina. [22] It included paintings such as Jan Van Goyen's 'View of The Hague from the South East' [23] - now in the Haags Historisch Museum[24]

The museum collection continued to grow through the later parts of the nineteenth century, outgrowing the space at Korte Beestenmarkt. In 1883, the curators asked the council for funds for the refurbishment of the St Sebastian building in Korte Vijverberg, a short distance from the original setting for the museum.[25] The new location was opened in July 1884.[26] Space continued to be a problem, however, and temporary exhibitions continued to be shown at other locations in The Hague.

Directors

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Director Period Extra Notes
Abraham Jacobus Servaas van Rooijen (1839-1925) 1 January 1887 to 1911
Hendrik Enno van Gelder[27] (1876-1960) 4 May 1912 to 27 March 1941 temporary director until 1912
Gerhardus Knuttel Wzn[28] (1889-1968) 1 April 1941 to 1 March 1948 During the imprisonment of G. Knuttel (4 May 1942 to 7 May 1945) during the German occupation Dirk Balfoort (1886-1964) was the acting director. Balfoort also fulfilled this role during Knuttel's illness from 3 March 1947
Victorine Hefting[29] (1905-1993) 1 March 1948 to 19 August 1950 First female museum director in the Netherlands [30]
Dirk Balfoort[31] (1886-1964) 19 August 1950 to 1 June 1951 as acting director
Louis Wijsenbeek (1912-1985) 1 June 1951 to 1 June 1977
Theo van Velzen (1924-1999) 1 June 1977 to 1 juni 1986
Henk Overduin (1943-1988) 1 June 1986 to November 1987 as interim director
Rudi Fuchs (1942) November 1987 to 31 January 1993
Hans Locher (1938) 1 February 1993 to 31 August 2000 interim director from 1 February 1993 to 31 December 1993
Wim van Krimpen (1941) 1 September 2000 tot 31 December 2008
Benno Tempel (1972)[32] 1 January 2009 to 1 November 2023
Margriet Schavemaker (1971) 1 June 2024


Images from the museum

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References

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  1. ^ (in Dutch) (PDF) Jaarverslag 2023, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2023. Retrieved on 2024-08-28.
  2. ^ "Haags Gemeentemuseum (rijksmonument #461450)". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.
  3. ^ "Voorpagina". www.km21.nl. 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ Haag, Fotomuseum Den. "Voorpagina". www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl.
  5. ^ "Kunstmuseum Den Haag krijgt met Margriet Schavemaker een feministische directeur die de hele stad wil bereiken".
  6. ^ "Benno Tempel nieuwe Algemeen directeur Kröller-Müller Museum". krollermuller.nl. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  7. ^ a b c d "Kunstmuseum Den Haag - Hét museum voor moderne kunst in Nederland te Den Haag". Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
  8. ^ "Delftware WonderWare". Kunstmuseum Den Haag. November 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "Persian Ceramics: Treasure of The Hague Municipal Museum | گنجینه سرامیک های ایرانی در موزه شهرداری لاهه". December 12, 2018.
  10. ^ Van der Riet, Marlies (2014). "Daniël François Scheurleer, De laatste jaren van een haags cultuurmecenas. Tijdschrift Van De Koninklijke Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis". pp. 144–175. JSTOR 43738366. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Archief | Kunstmuseum Den Haag". www.kunstmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  12. ^ "Paula Rego". Kunstmuseum Den Haag (in Dutch). 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  13. ^ B.V, Museumtijdschrift. "Vorige winnaars". Museumtijdschrift (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  14. ^ "Grayson Perry". Kunstmuseum Den Haag (in Dutch). 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  15. ^ "Jaarverslag 2023" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Jaarverslag 2022" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  17. ^ Hardeman, Doede; Overeem, Jet van (2021). Bruijn, Jan de; Schreurs, Gerrit (eds.). Het gedroomde museum: Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Rotterdam: nai010 uitgevers. p. 29. ISBN 978-94-6208-626-5.
  18. ^ Haags Gemeentearchief online: Handelingen van de gemeenteraad (1865), pagina 178, d.d. 8 augustus 1865
  19. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20211223185355/https://www.vriendengemeentemuseum.nl/Ontstaansgeschiedenis.pdf
  20. ^ "Algemeen Handelsblad". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1871-06-01. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  21. ^ "Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage". Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage. 1871-09-11. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  22. ^ "Het vaderland". Het vaderland. 1871-12-12. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  23. ^ "Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage". Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage. 1873-01-29. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  24. ^ "View of The Hague from the southeast". Haags Historisch Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  25. ^ "VERVOLG DER NIEUWSTIJDINGEN". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1883-01-10. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  26. ^ "Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage". Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage. 1884-07-08. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  27. ^ Van Gelder in Dictionary of Arthistorians
  28. ^ Knuttel in Dictionary of Arthistorians
  29. ^ Hefting in Dictionary of Arthistorians
  30. ^ Historici.nl: Johanna Victorine Christine Hefting
  31. ^ Balfoort op Huygens ING
  32. ^ https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/benno-tempel-nieuwe-directeur-haags-gemeentemuseum~b3a15c67/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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