During the second half of the 19th century, foreign artists flocked to the Netherlands. Favourite subjects were the Dutch fishing villages and their picturesque inhabitants, but the cities, provincial

Presentation revolving around a painting entitled Day by Swiss Symbolist artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918).

The painting symbolises birth, growth, light and joy and shows a young female nude sitting

Shinkichi Tajiri (Los Angeles, 1923) has lived in the Netherlands since 1956 and was a member of the 1950s Cobra group. Although his reputation has been mainly as a sculptor, film and photography have

Paul Wallach (New York, 1960) makes small-scale abstract sculptures out of fragile materials like plaster, driftwood and rusted metal. These are usually installed within an interior space in such a

From his early days in the sixties, Jan Jansen (1941) has evolved into a shoe designer of world stature. International publications on contemporary shoe design contain many illustrations of his work

From rosy pink and jubilant yellow to bright blue to sombre black – face one of the vast canvases created by Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and you feel yourself being sucked into his world.

Sharp angles, disconcerting perspectives, restrictive framing. Artist Max Beckmann used all kinds of techniques to manipulate space in his paintings. The painted surface was his domain. Painting

The highlight of this exhibition is a selection of glass objects by Dutch artist Peter Bremers, recently donated to the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag by a private collector. Thanks to this wonderful gift