“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort—and disappointment and perseverance.”—Vincent van Gogh, The Hague, September 9, 1882, to Theo van Gogh
Jubilantly, We Took The Tour To The Kroller- Muller Art Museum. It's Located In An Idyllic Woodland Forest Setting Inside The Dutch National Park Hoge Veluwe In Otterlo, Netherlands. Truly A Hidden Treasure In The Midst Of The National Park.
As I Said Before, My Compelling Motivation To Come Back To Holland Was To Do An "Art Pilgrimage" About Van Gogh. I Am A Long Time Admirer Of Van Gogh. My Fascination W/ Van Gogh Started When I Was In Art School During College Days. I Liked To Visit The Many Art Museums Which Were Dedicated To Him. So Happy That Viking Included This Museum In Their Optional Tour. Here We Go!
As I Said Before, My Compelling Motivation To Come Back To Holland Was To Do An "Art Pilgrimage" About Van Gogh. I Am A Long Time Admirer Of Van Gogh. My Fascination W/ Van Gogh Started When I Was In Art School During College Days. I Liked To Visit The Many Art Museums Which Were Dedicated To Him. So Happy That Viking Included This Museum In Their Optional Tour. Here We Go!
This Gigantic Modern RED Sculpture Welcomes Visitors At The Entrance Of The Kroller Muller Art Museum.
This Modern Sculpture Of A Fat Guy Greeted Us At The Museum's Entrance.
Kroller - Muller Referred To the Name Of Helene Muller, The Daughter Of A Wealthy German Industrialist. Helene Married The Dutch Anton Kroller, An Employee Of Her Father's Corporation , Who Eventually Took Over The Company.
For This Museum Visit, I Changed My Outfit. Dressed In Yellow Sweater W/ The Same Printed Yellow Scarf And Hat That I First Wore When We Visited The Van Gogh Museum At Amsterdam. I Know Yellow Is Vincent's Favorite Color.This Is An Excellent Art Museum. An Absolute Must - See - For -Me.
Welcome To The Kroller-Muller Art Museum. We Posed At The Entrance. A Favorite Experience Of Ours, Combining Nature Walk And Cultural Activitiy. This Is One Of The Best Art Museums We've Ever Visited. It's Expensive But What We Got For It Was Enormous. There's Plenty To See At The Kroller Muller Museum. But There's One Particularly Interesting Highlight For Me. The Van Gogh Art Collection, The Second Largest Privately Owned Collection Of Van Gogh's In The World (Not Counting The Collection Of The Van Gogh Family Itself). Aside From Van Gogh's Art Works There Were Also Lots Of Other Artist Included Like Renoir, Gauguin, Seurat, Braque, Mondrian, Picasso, Etc. Etc. But My Main Interest Was Seeing Van Gogh's Masterpiece Collections.
Welcome To The Museum Sculpture Garden. Famous For Its Large Sculpture Garden ( W/ In The Forest Park - 75 Acres) And One Of The Largest In Europe. There's Many Collection Of Modern And Contemporary Sculpture. A Lovely Outdoor Sculpture Garden Was Added, Surrounded By Trees, Flowering Plants, Pond And Bushes That Enhance The Beauty Of The Sculptures Decorated Around The Garden.
Ebb, W/ Van Gogh's Early Famous Painting "The Potato Eaters (1885)
"The Potato Eaters" Was Van Gogh's First Attempt To Create A Masterpiece. He Called This As One Of His Studies. The Real Masterpiece Of "The Potato Eaters" Was On Display At the Van Gogh Museum In Amsterdam. This Painting Had A Very Dark Setting Which Probably Had Been Influenced By One Of His Favorite Painter, Rembrandt.
So Happy That Vincent Is Back! He Lives On Through His Many Great Masterpieces. His Numerous Art Works Made Him Immortal.
"The Potato Eaters" Was Van Gogh's First Attempt To Create A Masterpiece. He Called This As One Of His Studies. The Real Masterpiece Of "The Potato Eaters" Was On Display At the Van Gogh Museum In Amsterdam. This Painting Had A Very Dark Setting Which Probably Had Been Influenced By One Of His Favorite Painter, Rembrandt.
The Heart Of The Museum Is Reserved For Van Gogh. Helene Was Particularly Fond Of The Work Of The Unknown Painter. Helene Started To Collect His Work Obsessively, Thereby Turning Van Gogh's Work From Unknown To The Latest Art Trend. Helene, An Avid Art Collector Was One Of The First Who Recognized Van Gogh's Genius And Collected His works In 1935. Helene Wanted More. Her Dream Was To Find A Museum For Her Growing Art Collection, To Show The Future Generation How Refined A Rich Merchant Family At The Turn Of The Century Could Be.
When After 25 Years Her Dreamed "Museum-House" Still Wasn't A Reality, She Donated The Whole Collection To The States Of The Netherlands. The Government Built A Museum Quickly In 1938.
Another Bright Oil Painting By VG - "Haystacks In Provence." The Obvious Main Attraction Here At This Museum Is The Large Number Of Van Gogh's Paintings That Are On Display. Only The Van Gogh Family Have More Collection Of Van Gogh's Work.
"Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul.”—Vincent van Gogh, The Hague, December 10, 1882, to Theo van Gogh
Delighted To See The Original Oil Painting Of "The Cafe Terrace At Night." We Were In Arles In 2011 During Our Mediterranean Cruise. This Yellow Terrace Cafe Still Exist At Present But Named Was Changed To Van Gogh Cafe.
Van Gogh Wrote That He Oftened Hanged Out At This Cafe Which He Painted Colorfully.
"The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant color, well arranged, resplendent."—Vincent van Gogh, Arles, September 9 and 14, 1888, to Willemien van Gogh
"Pine Tree Trunks And Dandelions In The Garden Of Saint Paul Hospital" (1890). I Was Stunned That I Was Able To Get Close To The Paintings. Saw Those Densely Laden Visible Van Gogh Brushstrokes, Which Set Him Apart From His Peers. And That Picture Taking Was Allowed.
"The Sower W/ The Setting Sun" (1888). Van Gogh Was Recognized As The Most Influential Painter Of His Age Due To His Expressive Use Of Colors And His Personal View Of Reality.
Another Breathtaking Famous Painting Of VG - "The Langlois Bridge At Arles W/ Women Washing" (1888).
One Of Van Gogh's Notable Portraits Paintings - "Le Berceuse (Augustine Rouline). Many Of VG's Portraits Are Very Different From Conventional Portraits By Old Masters. His Paintings Are More Colorful And Lively.
"The Old Man W/ His Head In his Hands" (After The Lithograph "At Eternity's Gate") 1890. Very Impressive How Van Gogh Expressed Himself Through His Paintings. His Canvasses Were An Expression Of How He Viewed Each Scene, Interpreted Through His Eyes, Mind And Heart.
"The Sower (After Milet) 1889
The Intense Interest That Today's Society Has For The Van Gogh's Paintings Lies Not So Much In The Quality Of His Paintings But In His Ability To Project His Turbulent Emotional Experience On To The Canvas. He Allowed Us To Peek Into His Artistic Mind, While He Was In The Act Of Creating His Art. This Is Truly The Unique And Lasting Legacy That Van Gogh Has Given Us In The Study Of His Masterpieces.
Unfortunately, Van Gogh Was Little Appreciated During His Lifetime. His Fame Only Grew In The Years After His Death. He Lived His Whole Life In Poverty. He Had Already Committed Suicide in 1890, So He Did Not Benefit From The Rise To Fame And Fortune Of His Work. Today, He Is Widely Regarded As One Of History's Greatest Painters And An Important Contributor To The Birth Of Modern Art.
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'.” ― Vincent van Gogh
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