Book Description
The Kroller-Muller Museum is one of the great art collections in Europe, yet it remains unknown to many Americans because of its remote location in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in rural southeast Netherlands. This beautifully illustrated book features highlights from the Museum’s collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century art, including more than a score of works by Vincent van Gogh. The Museum is the result of the passion of a singular collector: Helene Kroller-Muller (1869–1939). The wife of a Dutch shipping magnate, she used almost unlimited funds to amass an astounding collection in a short period of time. Beginning in the 1910s, she collected voraciously—not only Van Gogh but Neo-Impressionist masters Seurat, Signac, and Denis, and Symbolists Redon and Toorop. She patronized and supported artists who were pioneering abstraction—particularly Mondrian, Van Doesburg, and Van der Leck—and collected the Cubists, including Picasso, Gris, and Leger. Mrs. Kroller-Muller had a consuming desire to create a museum where her collection could be displayed for the public. Over a period of more than twenty-five years, she worked with some of the leading architects of the early twentieth century—H. P. Berlage, Mies van der Rohe, and Henry van de Velde—and finally in 1938 her dream was realized with the opening of the institution that bears her name.
About the Author
Nancy J. Troy is chair of the Art History Department at the University of Southern California.
Van Gogh to Mondrian: Modern Art from the Kroller-Muller Museum FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Kroller-Muller Museum is one of the great art collections in Europe, yet it remains unknown to many Americans because of its remote location in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in rural southeast Netherlands. This beautifully illustrated book features highlights from the Museum's collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century art, including more than a score of works by Vincent van Gogh. The Museum is the result of the passion of a singular collector: Helene Kroller-Muller (1869-1939). The wife of a Dutch shipping magnate, she used almost unlimited funds to amass an astounding collection in a short period of time. Beginning in the 1910s, she collected voraciously -- not only Van Gogh but Neo-Impressionist masters Seurat, Signac, and Denis, and Symbolists Redon and Toorop. She patronized and supported artists who were pioneering abstraction -- particularly Mondrian, Van Doesburg, and Van der Leck -- and collected the Cubists, including Picasso, Gris, and Leger. Mrs. Kroller-Muller had a consuming desire to create a museum where her collection could be displayed for the public. Over a period of more than twenty-five years, she worked with some of the leading architects of the early twentieth century -- H. P. Berlage, Mies van der Rohe, and Henry van de Velde -- and finally in 1938 her dream was realized with the opening of the institution that bears her name.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
In the Hoge Veluwe National Park in rural southeast Netherlands lies one of Europe's little-known treasures: the Kroller-Muller Museum. The artwork housed there was collected in the early 20th century by Helene Kroller-Muller, the wife of a Dutch shipping magnate. She voraciously collected the works of neoimpressionists and other modern artists and in 1938 finally realized her life-long dream of seeing them housed together in their own setting. An exhibit of selected items from the collection recently appeared at the Seattle Art Museum and is now at Atlanta's High Museum. Among the items presented are work by Van Gogh, Seurat, Maurice Denis, Bart van der Leck, Picasso, and Mondrian. Beautifully reproduced color plates make up the bulk of the text, with informative chapters by experts tackling topics from neoimpressionism to Mondrian's turn from cubism to neoplasticism. Recommended for large public libraries.-Sandy Knowles, Henderson Cty. P.L., NC Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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