Kröller-Müller Museum- Part 2 of 2

Yum! A 'fishsicle'!



The lush natural surroundings rival the art collection in beauty!



Sculptures of many different sizes and materials...

...abound in this lovely setting.

 

 Christo and Jeanne-Claude have a small piece in the collection.



I experienced a 'tingle' of deja vu when I encountered the Giacometti figure (below).

A nearly identical piece is in a quite similar setting at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.

(You can see for yourself, here.)

  

Due to the rain, I didn't get to see as many outdoor sculptures as I'd have liked.

Next time, I'll plan to spend much of the day outdoors! :)

 

The colors in these paintings truly were burn your retina bright!!

 

I end our 'museum tour' with this textile-related piece...

... a classical female figure with her...erm...enormous mound of laundry?!?

 

Next time: my visit with a dear felting friend in Maastricht!

Kröller-Müller Museum- Part 1 of 2

I love this self portrait...

...and the artist's intense (and, to me, slightly troubled) gaze...

 

...and this off-center still life!

 

Here are colourways that compliment...

 

...and a powerful image of a woman...

...attending to a quotidian task.

 

I liked that many of the Van Gogh's on display...

 

...weren't the ones which you regularly see reproduced.



Notice the little fish or 'Alvin the chipmunk'? :) face in the leftmost image?

The Keith Haring graffiti reminds me of the 'Judgement of Solomon'.

 

Of course, I couldn't resist sharing this detail of a woman with her sheep! :)

 

The Kröller-Müller Museum is truly an amazing place...

...located, as it is, within a national park!

To get there, you pay admission at the park gate...

...then grab a free white 'commuter' bicycle...

...and pedal two kilometers to the museum entrance.

Because the day of my visit was a chilly, rainy one...

...and because I hadn't ridden a bicycle in over 25 years...

...(yes, my Dutch girlfriends found this to be incredible!)...

...I didn't linger among the outdoor sculpture gardens...

...but just made a beeline for the museum door! :)

Next time: more beautiful pieces from their collection...

...this time, mostly sculpture.