Art museum, National museum in Otterlo, Netherlands
The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation:
[ˌkrʏlər ˈmylər myˈzeːjʏm] ) is a
national
art museum and
sculpture garden , located in the
Hoge Veluwe National Park in
Otterlo in the
Netherlands . The museum, founded by art collector
Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of her and her husband's former estate (now the national park), opened in 1938. It has the second-largest collection of paintings by
Vincent van Gogh , after the
Van Gogh Museum . The museum had 380,000 visitors in 2015.
History
Helene Müller and
Anton Kröller , ca. 1888
The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by
Helene Kröller-Müller , an avid
art collector who, being advised by
H.P. Bremmer , was one of the first to recognize
Vincent 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.
[2]
Collection
Jardin d'émail by
Jean Dubuffet in the Kröller-Müller
sculpture garden
The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by
Vincent van Gogh , such as
Café Terrace at Night , and
Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate) . M aking 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 ,
Georges Braque ,
Paul Gauguin ,
Lucas Cranach ,
James Ensor ,
Juan Gris ,
William Degouve de Nuncques and
Pablo Picasso .
Sculpture garden
The Kröller-Müller Museum is also famous for its large
sculpture garden , within the forest park, of more than 75 acres (30 ha) 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.
[5] The collection includes works by
Auguste Rodin ,
Henry Moore ,
Jean Dubuffet ,
Mark di Suvero ,
Lucio Fontana ,
Claes Oldenburg and
Coosje van Bruggen ,
Fritz Wotruba ,
Joep van Lieshout and many more.
Selected collection highlights
Administration
Visitors
2012
307,000
[8]
2013
330,000
[9]
2014
392,000
[3]
2015
380,000
[3]
2017
Apx. 385,000
[10]
2018
Apx. 385,000
[10]
2019
405,428
[10]
2020
173,000+
[10]
Lisette Pelsers has been
museum director of the Kröller-Müller Museum since 2012.
[4]
[11]
The museum had 307,000 visitors in 2012,
[8] 330,000 visitors in 2013,
[9] 392,000 in 2014,
[3] 380,000 in 2015.
[3] An average 385,000 in 2017-2019,
[10] 405,428 in 2019,
[10] and over 173,000 in 2020.
[10]
The museum was the
12th most visited museum nationally in 2013.
[12]
See also
References
^
Address/directions , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^
a
b Johannes van der Wolk, "
Helene Emma Laura Juliane Kröller-Müller " (in Dutch) , Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland , 1998. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^
a
b
c
d
e "
380.000 bezoekers voor Kröller-Müller in 2015 .
Archived 4 March 2016 at the
Wayback Machine " (in Dutch) ,
De Stentor , 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^
a
b
Structure .
Archived 2 October 2013 at the
Wayback Machine , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
^ Beukhof, H., Essen, F. van, Pelzers, E., Sevink, J. (2005) Nature and Art, The Hoge Veluwe , Waanders Uitgeverij, Zwolle.
^
The potato eaters
Archived 4 April 2013 at the
Wayback Machine , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^
Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum)
Archived 27 August 2012 at the
Wayback Machine , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
^
a
b
Top 55 Museumbezoek 2012 [
permanent dead link ] (in Dutch), Nederlandse Museumvereniging, 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^
a
b Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "
Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen " (in Dutch),
NRC Handelsblad , 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
"Visitor figures Kröller-Müller Museum 2020" . krollermuller.nl . 15 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023 .
^ Birgit Donker, "
Lisette Pelsers nieuwe directeur Kröller-Müller Museum " (in Dutch),
NRC Handelsblad , 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
^ Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "
Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen " (in Dutch),
NRC Handelsblad , 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
Further reading
Kröller-Müller State Museum, Otterlo . Netherlands: Kröller-Müller State Museum, 1973.
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