Kröller-Müller Museum

Kröller-Müller Museum
Entrance of the museum in 2008
Location in Gelderland in the Netherlands
Established	13 July 1938 (1938-07-13)^[1]
Location	Houtkampweg 6^[2] Otterlo, Netherlands
Coordinates
Type	Art museum
Visitors	330,000 (2013)^[3] Ranking 12th nationally (2013)^[4]
Director	Lisette Pelsers^[5]
Website	.nl.kmmwww

The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation: or ) is an art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum was founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller and opened in 1938. It has the second-largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, after the Van Gogh Museum. The museum also has a sculpture garden. The museum had 330,000 visitors in 2013.

History 1
Collection 2
Sculpture garden 3
Selected collection highlights 4
Administration 5
References 6
Further reading 7
External links 8

History

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 Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, an avid art collector who 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.^[1]

Collection

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

The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by Paul Gauguin, Lucas Cranach, James Ensor, Juan Gris, 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 (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.

Selected collection highlights

Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885^[3]
Vincent van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night, 1888^[4]
Vincent van Gogh, Country Road in Provence by Night, 1890
Paul Signac, Breakfast, 1886-1887
Le Chahut (Can Can), 1889-1890
Henri-Edmond Cross, Fisherman, 1895
Jean Metzinger, Coucher de soleil no. 1 (Landscape), 1906
Odilon Redon, Cyclops, c. 1914
Pablo Picasso, Violon (Violin), 1911-12
Joseph Csaky, Deux figures, 1920
Juan Gris, Le Compotier (The Fruit Bowl), 1914
Richard Serra, One, 1988

Administration

Lisette Pelsers is the museum director of the Kröller-Müller Museum.^[5]

The museum had 307,000 visitors in 2012^[8] and 330,000 visitors in 2013.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b (Dutch) Johannes van der Wolk, "Helene Emma Laura Juliane Kröller-Müller", Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland, 1998. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
^ Address/directions, Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
^ ^a ^b (Dutch) Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen", NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved on 3 August 2014.
^ (Dutch) Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen", NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b Structure, Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
^ The potato eaters, Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved on 2013-08-24.
^ Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum), Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
^ (Dutch) Top 55 Museumbezoek 2012, Nederlandse Museumvereniging, 2012. Retrieved on 2013-08-19.

External links

Kröller-Müller Museum, official website

Vincent van Gogh

General	Biography Chronology Health Death Posthumous fame Cultural depictions List of works Post-Impressionism Auberge Ravoux The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

Family	Theo van Gogh Wil van Gogh Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Andries Bonger Theo van Gogh (film director) Anton Mauve Johannes Stricker

Friends	Anthon van Rappard Paul Gachet Paul Gauguin Émile Bernard John Peter Russell Eugène Boch Anna Boch Agostina Segatori

Groups of works	Portraits Early works Lost early works Sien Peasant Character Studies Cottages Van Gogh's family in his art Montmartre Le Moulin de la Galette Asnières Seine Wheat Fields Flowering Orchards Almond Blossoms Langlois Bridge at Arles Paintings of Children Décoration for the Yellow House The Roulin Family Hospital in Arles Butterflies Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy The Enclosed Wheat Field at Saint-Rémy Copies by Vincent van Gogh Olive Trees Display at Les XX, 1890 Auvers size 30 canvases Auvers Double-squares and Squares Japonaiserie Sunflowers Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris) Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg

Paintings	Farmhouse Among Trees Cart with Black Ox Cart with Red and White Ox The Potato Eaters The Night Café Poppy Flowers Interior of a Restaurant in Arles The Yellow House Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles) Cafe Terrace at Night Starry Night Over the Rhone Bedroom in Arles L'Arlésienne The Red Vineyard Falling Autumn Leaves Les Arènes View of Arles, Flowering Orchards Arles: View from the Wheat Fields Portrait of the Artist's Mother Ivy Farmhouse in Provence The Starry Night Enclosed Field with Peasant At Eternity's Gate Irises Portrait of Dr. Gachet Doctor Gachet's Garden in Auvers The Church at Auvers Wheatfield with Crows View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic Daubigny's Garden Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin Portrait of Père Tanguy Farms near Auvers Thatched Cottages and Houses White House at Night A Lane near Arles Blossoming Chestnut Branches A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul Wheat Field with a Lark Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Road with Cypress and Star Tree Roots Sunset at Montmajour View of the Asylum and Chapel of Saint-Rémy Green Wheat Field with Cypress Crab on its Back Two Crabs Houses at Auvers Self-portrait (1889) Girl in White The 'Laakmolen' near The Hague

Other works	Drawings, water-colours and prints 87 Hackford Road Sorrow

Public collections	Van Gogh Museum Kröller-Müller Museum Musée d'Orsay

Portrayals	Lust for Life novel film Van Gogh (1991 film) Van Gogh (1948 film) Vincent Vincent & Theo Vincent in Brixton "Vincent and the Doctor"

Cataloguers	Jacob Baart de la Faille (1928 & 1970; F) Jan Hulsker (1978, revised 1989; JH)

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