Splendour and Bliss
From flowing calligraphy to luxuriant floral designs, from geometric star patterns to endless arabesques and lifelike birds and fish; 300 objects will showcase the astounding ornamental qualities of
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.
From flowing calligraphy to luxuriant floral designs, from geometric star patterns to endless arabesques and lifelike birds and fish; 300 objects will showcase the astounding ornamental qualities of
Gustav Klimt’s gloriously erotic painting Judith I goes on show this spring at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The picture is a top work from Vienna’s Belvedere museum and among the best-known examples
In spring 2006, the period rooms at the Gemeentemuseum will be alive with birds: one of the most popular artistic subjects from the natural world. Birds of prey, decoys, songbirds, aviary birds and
Using only a pencil, Robbie Cornelissen (b. 1954) has filled three enormous sheets of paper with drawings, creating a work 13.2 metres long and 2.4 metres high. For six months, he challenged his
The Ouborg Prize is awarded in alternate years to a Hague artist producing work of both local and national importance. Named after Hague artist Pieter Ouborg (1893-1956), it is the City of The Hague’s
This small presentation will combine the work of pointillists like Toorop, Signac and Van Rysselberghe with that of 18th-century glass engravers Greenwood, Wolff and Schoumans and 17th-century