Art Nouveau in The Netherlands
A new art for a new, improved society. That is what many artists and designers were seeking around 1900. After a century of styles that literally quoted the past, a new form language emerged, based on
Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
A new art for a new, improved society. That is what many artists and designers were seeking around 1900. After a century of styles that literally quoted the past, a new form language emerged, based on
Hans Hartung (b. Dresden, 1904) was regarded as one of the founding fathers of French Lyric Abstractionism, the European counterpart of American Abstract Expressionism: a term in which the word
Van Gogh, Monet, Isaac Israels, Van Dongen, Jongkind, Breitner: a roll call of major artists whose works often come with the label ‘Provenance: Ivo Bouwman’. Bouwman is a Hague art dealer and
This spring, the projects gallery will host a display of richly decorated, fairytale jewellery by German artist Gabi Dziuba (b. 1951). Pieces on show will include, for example, a crown-shaped ruby
The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag’s new Animals Galore exhibition presents an amazing multiplicity of animals. A sweep of the museum’s rich and varied decorative arts, fashion and sculpture collections has
During the years between the two world wars a luxurious and modern style of design emerged that was termed the 'Hague School'. The style featured architectural forms, with the straight-sided, Cubist
Light is created by means of colour against a black, white or coloured ground. Steven Aalders (b. 1959) produces paintings that are simple in form but complex in their handling of colour. They are