Kröller-Müller Museum

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Kröller-Müller Museum
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Logo of the Museum
Established 1939; 74 years ago (1939) [1]
Location Hoge Veluwe National Park,
Otterlo, Netherlands.
Type Art museum
Website http://www.kmm.nl/

The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [krœlərˈmylər myˌzeːjəm] or Dutch pronunciation: [-myˌzeːjʏm]), slightly different from how it would be pronounced in German) is an art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands.

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Museum [edit]

A charming and iconic period photo of a young couple around 1900. The lady has her hair swept upwards and is wearing a high collar fastened with a jewel. The gentleman sports a gallant moustache neatly trimmed and is also wearing a high collar.
Helene Müller and Anton Kröller, ca. 1888

The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, such as The Potato Eaters, Cafe Terrace at Night and Sorrowing Old Man ('At Eternity's Gate'), making it the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world (after the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam). Apart from the Van Gogh paintings other highlights include works by Piet Mondrian, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Odilon Redon, George Braque, Paul Gauguin, Lucas Cranach, James Ensor, Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso, etc. The museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, an avid art collector who was one of the first to recognize Van Gogh's genius and collect his works. In 1935, she donated her whole collection to the state of the Netherlands. In 1938, the museum, which was designed by Henry van de Velde, opened to the public. The sculpture garden was added in 1961 and the new exhibition wing, designed by Wim Quist, opened in 1977.

Collection highlights [edit]

Sculpture Park [edit]

Jardin d'émail by Jean Dubuffet in the Kröller-Müller sculpture garden

The Kröller-Müller Museum is also famous for its large sculpture garden, within the forest park, of more than 75 acres (300,000 m2) and one of the largest in Europe, with a fine collection of modern and contemporary sculptures. The garden reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature. The collection includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet, Mark di Suvero, Lucio Fontana, Claes Oldenburg, Fritz Wotruba, Joep van Lieshout and many more.

Eastern area [edit]

Aldo van Eyck-paviljoen [edit]

Central and southwestern area [edit]

Northwestern area [edit]

Rietveld-paviljoen [edit]

Entrance [edit]

See also [edit]

The Jachtslot St Hubertus is a building designed as the residence in the hunting season for the Kröller-Müller family by the Dutch architect Berlage. The building is located near the Kröller-Müller Museum in the centre of the National Park De Hoge Veluwe.

References [edit]

  1. ^ History of the Museum at official website
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Kröller-Müller Museum collection

Further reading [edit]

  • Kröller-Müller State Museum, Otterlo. Netherlands: Kröller-Müller State Museum, 1973.

External links [edit]

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Coordinates: 52°05′45″N 5°49′01″E / 52.09583°N 5.81694°E / 52.09583; 5.81694

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