Collection Museum Belvédère
Where land, water and air find their space
June 11 to September 22
Museum Belvédère shows a collection of works of art by important Frisian painters, loners who often create very personal work far from the larger art centers and without any academic training - artists such as Jan Mankes, Thijs Rinsema, Gerrit Benner, Tames Oud, Boele Bregman, Klaas Koopmans, Willem van Althuis, Sjoerd de Vries and Jan Snijder.
Within the collection policy, Museum Belvédère has a number of areas of interest that can be traced back to relevant Northern Dutch artist personalities. The collection does not limit itself to movements and styles of art historical periods, but looks for similarities across time - equal similarities between works of art from then, later and now, ranging from figurative to abstract.
The areas of focus within the permanent collection:
The work of Jan Mankes – with an emphasis on his Frisian years (1909-1915) – and the work of kindred figuratives.
Dutch constructivism from the period 1915-1930 with the work of Thijs Rinsema and Wobbe Alkema as core values.
Dutch and Flemish expressionism from the period 1915-1940, with the work of Tinus van Doorn, Jean Brusselmans and Jan Altink as core values.
The work of Gerrit Benner and Dutch expressionists from the period 1945-1970.
The poetic and landscape-oriented expressionism, which manifests itself in the work of Frisian artists such as Sjoerd de Vries and Jan Snijder.
The work of artists who draw on the achievements of classical modern painting and show a spirit of affinity in their work with that of artists belonging to the above groups.
Figurative and abstract painting that belongs to the above categories and refers in any way to landscape aspects - land, light, air and space. Working with a certain degree of stillness is preferred.
Kindred spirits in The Netherlands and abroad
In its acquisition policy, Museum Belvédère initially focused on Friesland, but from 2010 onwards it increasingly focused on the entire north of the Netherlands - Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and the north of North Holland.
Museum Belvédère now has an extensive permanent collection that provides insight into the development of modern art in the north and the many parallels and connections. To give context to its core collection, the museum also collects work by artists from other parts of the country and abroad; artists who create from a similar background, circumstance or mentality.
Modern and contemporary art in the north of the Netherlands
With the collection of works of art that initiator and director Thom Mercuur (1940-2016) brought together in the founding phase as a substantive conscience, Museum Belvédère has expanded its boundaries in the years that followed. Its primary aim, based on its substantive principles, was to build an art collection that reflects modern and contemporary art in the north of the Netherlands.
In addition, it wanted to position itself as the only museum where it is permanently displayed in relation to art from elsewhere.
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