Bonnefantenmuseum
Established | 1884 |
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Location | Avenue Céramique 250, Maastricht, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 50°50′33.1044″N 5°42′7.1424″E / 50.842529000°N 5.701984000°E |
Director | Stijn Huijts |
Website | www.bonnefanten.nl |
The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of fine art in Maastricht, Netherlands.
History
The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum of the Dutch province of Limburg. The name Bonnefanten Museum is derived from the French 'bons enfants' ('good children'), the popular name of a former convent that housed the museum from 1951 until 1978.
In 1995, the museum moved to its present location, a former industrial site named 'Céramique'. The new building was designed by Italian architect
Since 1999, the museum has become exclusively an art museum. The historical and archaeological collections were housed elsewhere. The museum is largely funded by the province of Limburg.
In 2009, the museum celebrated its 125th anniversary with the exhibition Exile on Main Street. In 2012, Stijn Huijts became director.
Collection
The combination of old art and contemporary art under one roof gives the Bonnefanten Museum its distinctive character. The department of old masters is located on the first floor and displays highlights of early Italian,
Old art
The collection old art of the Bonnefanten Museum consists of four main sections:
- Wooden sculptures dating from the 13th to the 16th century, notably by Jan van Steffeswert (e.g. The Virgin and Child with St. Anne) and the Master of Elsloo );
- The so-called Neutelings collection of medieval art, consisting of artifacts made of wood, bronze, marble, alabaster and ivory from the Lower Rhine region;
- Italian paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries: Giovanni del Biondo, Domenico di Michelino, Jacopo del Casentino, Sano di Pietro, Pietro Nelli;
- Flemish and Dutch paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries: .
Contemporary art
Since Alexander van Grevenstein became director in 1986, the Bonnefanten Museum has focused mainly on contemporary art. The main focus of the permanent collection is on:
- Gilbert and George, Ai Weiwei;
- ;
- Arte Povera: Luciano Fabro, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis;
- Neo-expressionism: Neo Rauch, Peter Doig, Gary Hume, Grayson Perry, Luc Tuymans, Marlene Dumas.
The collection also features video art and room-size installations by younger artists:
In 2011, a deal was negotiated between the collectors Jo and Marlies Eyck and the province of Limburg. The result was that the Eyck collection of postwar art and the castle of Wijlre and its grounds, are now part of the museum.
Gallery
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Overview of semi-permanent exhibition ofmedievalwood sculptures
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Triptych. Antwerp (?), 1518.
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Census in Bethlehem (±1605-1610), Pieter Brueghel the Younger
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The Hours of the Day (2020), Richard Serra
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Long Pyramid (1994), Sol LeWitt
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Saint Stephen (before 1399), Giovanni del Biondo
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Portrait of Father Jan Neyen (1607), Peter Paul Rubens
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Entombment (±1505), Colijn de Coter
See also
Bibliography, references and notes
- Szénássy, I.L. (ed.), Bonnefantenmuseum. Het gebouw. Het museum. De verzamelingen. Maastricht, 1984
- Szénássy, I.L. (ed.), Kunst in het Bonnefantenmuseum. Maastricht, 1984
- Szénássy, I.L. (ed.), Oudheden in het Bonnefantenmuseum. Maastricht, 1984
- Poel, P. te, Bonnefantenmuseum. Collectie Middeleeuws Houtsnijwerk. Maastricht, 2007
- Poel, P. te, Bonnefantenmuseum. Collectie Neutelings. Maastricht, 2007
- Quik, T., Bonnefantenmuseum. De geschiedenis. Maastricht, 2007
- Timmers, J.J.M., Catalogus van schilderijen en beeldhouwwerken. Maastricht, 1958
- Wegen, R. van, and T. Quik (ed.), Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht. Maastricht, 1995
- ISBN 978-1-84836-882-8. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
External links
- Bonnefantenmuseum within Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to Bonnefantenmuseum at Wikimedia Commons