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.
 Museum building designed by H.P. Berlage | |
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Former names | Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gemeentemuseum |
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| Established | 29 May 1866 |
| Location | Stadhouderslaan 41 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°5′23″N 4°16′50″E / 52.08972°N 4.28056°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Visitors | 361,922 (2023)[1]
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| Director | Margriet Schavemaker (from 1 June 2024) |
| Architect | Hendrik Petrus Berlage |
| Website | www |
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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Modern art
editThe 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
editThe 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]
Print Room
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThese numbers are solely for the Kunstmuseum, excluding KM21 and the Fotomuseum
| Year | Number | Notes |
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| 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 |
Directors
edit| Director | Period | Extra Notes |
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| Abraham Jacobus Servaas van Rooijen (1839-1925) | 1 January 1887 to 1911 | |
| Hendrik Enno van Gelder[17] (1876-1960) | 4 May 1912 to 27 March 1941 | temporary director until 1912 |
| Gerhardus Knuttel Wzn[18] (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[19] (1905-1993) | 1 March 1948 to 19 August 1950 | First female museum director in the Netherlands [20] |
| Dirk Balfoort[21] (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)[22] | 1 January 2009 to 1 November 2023 | |
| Margriet Schravemaker (1971) | 1 June 2024 |
Images from the museum
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19th-century glass from Persia at museum
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Jürgen Partenheimer, Weltachse V, installation Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 1999
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Clavicytherium by Albert Delin ca.1760
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References
edit- ^ (in Dutch) (PDF) Jaarverslag 2023, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2023. Retrieved on 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Haags Gemeentemuseum (rijksmonument #461450)". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.
- ^ "Voorpagina". www.km21.nl. 22 June 2024.
- ^ Haag, Fotomuseum Den. "Voorpagina". www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl.
- ^ "Kunstmuseum Den Haag krijgt met Margriet Schavemaker een feministische directeur die de hele stad wil bereiken".
- ^ "Benno Tempel nieuwe Algemeen directeur Kröller-Müller Museum". krollermuller.nl. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ a b c d "Kunstmuseum Den Haag - Hét museum voor moderne kunst in Nederland te Den Haag". Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
- ^ "Delftware WonderWare". Kunstmuseum Den Haag. November 4, 2016.
- ^ "Persian Ceramics: Treasure of The Hague Municipal Museum | گنجینه سرامیک های ایرانی در موزه شهرداری لاهه". December 12, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archief | Kunstmuseum Den Haag". www.kunstmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Paula Rego". Kunstmuseum Den Haag (in Dutch). 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ B.V, Museumtijdschrift. "Vorige winnaars". Museumtijdschrift (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Grayson Perry". Kunstmuseum Den Haag (in Dutch). 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
- ^ "Jaarverslag 2023" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Jaarverslag 2022" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Van Gelder in Dictionary of Arthistorians
- ^ Knuttel in Dictionary of Arthistorians
- ^ Hefting in Dictionary of Arthistorians
- ^ Historici.nl: Johanna Victorine Christine Hefting
- ^ Balfoort op Huygens ING
- ^ https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/benno-tempel-nieuwe-directeur-haags-gemeentemuseum~b3a15c67/.
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External links
edit- Official website
- Kunstmuseum Den Haag within Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to Kunstmuseum Den Haag at Wikimedia Commons
