Kunstmuseum Den Haag

The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the 'Museum voor Moderne Kunst'. Later, until 1998, it was known as 'Haags Gemeentemuseum', and until the end of September 2019 as 'Gemeentemuseum Den Haag'. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. His last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display here.

Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Museum building designed by H.P. Berlage
Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Former name
Museum voor Moderne Kunst
Established29 May 1866 (1866-05-29)
LocationStadhouderslaan 41
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates52°5′22″N 4°16′50″E
TypeArt museum
Visitors415.000 (2018)[1]
DirectorBenno Tempel
ArchitectHendrik Petrus Berlage
Websitewww.kunstmuseum.nl

The museum building was constructed between 1931–1935, designed by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage.[2]

GEM (museum for contemporary art) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague museum for photography) are part of the Kunstmuseum, though not housed in the same building and with a separate entrance fee.[3][4]

Collection
Obama visits Gemeentemuseum (2014)

Modern art

The museum's collection of modern art includes works by international artists (Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Frank Stella, Lee Bontecou, Henri Le Fauconnier and many others) and Dutch artists (Constant, Vincent van Gogh, Johan Jongkind, Pyke Koch, Piet Mondriaan, Charley Toorop, Jan Toorop, and many others).[5]

Pottery and Glass art
19th-century glass from Persia at The Hague Municipal Museum

The Hague Municipal Museum has one of the largest collections of Dutch Delftware in the world. Selected pieces of the collection are on display at the a permanent gallery which represent Dutch art in the 'Golden Age'.[6] The museum also holds one of the largest collections of Persian ceramics and glasses in Europe.[7]

The museum has a collection of 19th and 20th century prints, posters and drawings, containing around 50,000 items. It comprises works by Dutch artists such as Co Westerik and Jan Toorop, as well as works by Rodolphe Bresdin, Ingres, Paul Klee, Toulouse-Lautrec, Odilon Redon and others. A selection is on view in the print room.[8]

Fashion

The collection of fashion items, accessories, jewellery, drawings and prints includes historical items as well as modern ones by designers such as Cristóbal Balenciaga, Gabrielle Chanel, André Courrèges, John Galliano and Fong Leng. For reasons of conservation items are only shown at temporary exhibitions.[9]

Music

The music collection includes a large collection of musical instruments and a music library, with an emphasis on European music.[10] The collection mainly includes fortepiano's, wind and plucked string instruments. Also, there are instruments from other cultures and contemporary electronic instruments. In addition, the collection includes prints, posters, drawings and photographs relating to 'performance practice'. Part of the collection came from the Scheurleer Music History Museum, that lasted from 1905 to 1935, and was purchased after the bankruptcy of Scheurleer & Zoonen in 1932.

Images from the museum

References
  1. (in Dutch) (PDF) Jaarverslag 2018, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2018. Retrieved on 2019-12-04.
  2. "Haags Gemeentemuseum (rijksmonument #461450)". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.
  3. "GEM Museum voor actuele kunst".
  4. "Fotomuseum Den Haag".
  5. "Gemeentemuseum: Modern Art".
  6. "Delftware Wonderware".
  7. "Persian Ceramics: Treasure of The Hague Municipal Museum".
  8. "Gemeentemuseum: Print Room".
  9. "Gemeentemuseum: Fashion".
  10. "Gemeentemuseum: Music".
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