One of the highlights of our visit to Benelux was the Kröller-Müller Museum which is located inside the De Hoge Veluwe National Park near Otterlo, Netherlands. The museum owes its existence to Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939), the daughter of a German industrialist. Helene was fully aware that she lived in a period of great artistic innovation that witnessed movements such as Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism and De Stijl. In her lifetime she collected almost 11,500 art works - including significant works by Picasso, Seurat, Mondriaan, etc. Helene's favorite artist was Vincent van Gogh. She acquired 91 paintings and approximately 180 works on paper by Van Gogh, amassing the world's largest collection of his works (with the exception of the Van Gogh family collection which we visited in Amsterdam later in the day).
We began our visit by picking up a free bicycle at the park entrance and then pedaling the 2.5 km to the museum.
Once inside the museum, we were entranced by the collection of paintings and sculptures. Here are a few of the highlights.
Giacometti's Walking Man
Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh's Place du Forum (1888)
The museum also features a sculpture garden of 25 hectares (>60 acres).
There were plenty of school groups taking advantage of the gorgeous weather and national treasures.
We began our visit by picking up a free bicycle at the park entrance and then pedaling the 2.5 km to the museum.
Once inside the museum, we were entranced by the collection of paintings and sculptures. Here are a few of the highlights.
Giacometti's Walking Man
Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh's Place du Forum (1888)The museum also features a sculpture garden of 25 hectares (>60 acres).
There were plenty of school groups taking advantage of the gorgeous weather and national treasures.
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