Publishing group VNU recently donated the painting River Landscape (1842) by Willem Roelofs to the Gemeentemuseum. This gift prompted the museum to organize an exhibition this summer of early works by

From yellow to pastel shades of purple and green, Le Remorqueur (The Tugboat) by the French artist Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) is an ode to colour. The work from 1907 is a gift to the Kunstmuseum from

Cézanne is the ‘father of modern art’. Ironically, the painter who frequently found himself turned down for the Paris salons is now regarded as one of the most important artists of his day. Picasso

This summer the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents a major retrospective of the oeuvre of Haarlem painter Kees Verwey (1900 –1995) superintended by guest curator Rudi Fuchs. Ten years after the artist’s

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has purchased a key work by American artist Paul Thek (1933-1988). Thek painted the piece, entitled Farewell to Washington Square (Self-Portrait), in 1972, shortly before...

They were eager to present themselves as the prophets of a new, modern kind of art. Their heroes were Cézanne and the masters of the Japanese woodblock print, but above all their guru, Gauguin. They

Dirk van Gelder

Dirk van Gelder (1907-1990) was one of the most important Dutch graphic artists of the twentieth century. His unprecedented technical virtuosity places him in the tradition of famous

Long corridors, cluttered studios and rooms devoid of human presence. Empty interiors are the subject of this latest presentation in the Vincent Award Room, in which works from the Monique Zajfen