Helene Kröller-Müller
Helene Kröller-Müller | |
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Born | Essen, Germany | 11 February 1869
Died | 14 December 1939 Otterlo, Netherlands | (aged 70)
Occupation(s) | Art collector and philanthropist |
Helene Kröller-Müller (11 February 1869 – 14 December 1939)
Life and career
She was born Helene Emma Laura Juliane Müller at Essen-Horst , Essen, Germany, into a wealthy industrialist family. Her father, Wilhelm Müller, owned Wm. H. Müller & Co., a prosperous supplier of raw materials to the mining and steel industries.[3]
She studied under
Kröller-Müller also collected works by modern artists, such as
On a trip to Florence in June 1910, she conceived the idea of creating a museum-house.[3] From 1913 onwards parts of her collection were open to the public; until the mid-1930s her exhibition hall in The Hague was one of the very rare places where one could see more than a few works of modern art.[6] In 1928, Anton and Helene created the Kröller-Müller Foundation to protect the collection and the estates. In 1935, they donated to the Dutch people their entire collection totaling approximately 12,000 objects, on condition that a large museum be built in the gardens of her park.[7] Held in the care of the Dutch government, the Kröller-Müller Museum was opened in 1938.[8]
The
References
- ^ "From a merchant family". Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "DE HOGE VELUWE NATIONAL PARK". Kröller Müller. 26 October 2022.
- ^ a b Joshua Levine (21 May 2009), The Vision Quest of Helene Kroller-Muller Forbes magazine.
- ^ a b Sheila Farr (23 May 2004) How a museum founder helped turn van Gogh into an international icon The Seattle Times.
- ^ Catalogus van de schilderijen verzameling van Mevrouw H. Kröller-Müller, Samensteller H.P. Bremmer, Published 1921 in 'S-Gravenhage (in Dutch)
- ^ Helene Kröller-Müller and the breakthrough of modern art University of Groningen – Institute of Biography.
- ^ Alan Riding (12 March 2003), Glimpses Into van Gogh's Imagination; Two Dutch Museums Offer Fresh Angles on a Favorite Son The New York Times.
- ^ "Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller". krollermuller.nl. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Art, architecture, and nature — Park Hoge Veluwe". www.hogeveluwe.nl. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Wolfe, Shira (26 December 2019). "Kröller-Müller Museum". Artland Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
Further reading
- Kröller-Müller State Museum, Otterlo. Netherlands: Kröller-Müller State Museum, 1973.
- Rovers, Eva. De eeuwigheid verzameld: Helene Kröller-Müller 1869–1939. Prometheus Bv Vassallucci, Uitgeverij 2010. ISBN 978-9035135512