The Oyens Brothers: Twin Painters
Sets of twins – especially identical twins – are a rare occurrence in art history. Dutch artists David and Pieter Oyens are among the few exceptions. They spent most of their lives in Brussels, the
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.
Sets of twins – especially identical twins – are a rare occurrence in art history. Dutch artists David and Pieter Oyens are among the few exceptions. They spent most of their lives in Brussels, the
Holger Niehaus (b. Nordhorn, Germany, 1975) takes us to a strange world, where plants, fruit and animals congregate in serene still-lifes. Niehaus masterfully interweaves the traditional still-life
It's night
In the Period Rooms at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the sun slowly sets. The light dies and darkness moves in. Stars twinkle in the night sky, a candle burns at a window and people prepareThe Gemeentemuseum’s textile collection includes many costumes once worn by stars of the Dutch and international stage. They date from the period between 1923 and the present and include creations by
Young Man Red is an installation that recalls not only Alexander Calder’s mobiles, but also the work of Karel Appel and of De Stijl. Jesse Wine (b. 1983) often looks to other artists for inspiration
Think of 19th-century Romantic painting and you think of artists like Caspar David Friedrich, Eugène Delacroix and William Turner, who produced paintings full of wild countryside and violent emotion
This summer’s exhibition in the print room at the Gemeentemuseum will comprise over sixty prints and drawings by Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916), one of the most important French artists of the period
The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag regularly uses the Triton Room as a place to hold exhibitions based mainly on cooperation with private collectors. This summer, the focus is on the work of Frisian painter