Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Winter landscape with skaters, Hendrick Avercamp
St. Christopher, Hieronymus Bosch
The tramp, Hieronymus Bosch
Atlantic coast at Bénerville, Eugène Boudin
Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Abraham del Court and Maria de Keersegieter, Bartholomeus van der Helst
Holy Family, Albrecht Dürer
Saint Jerome, Anthony van Dyck
Transformation of Hermaphroditos and Salmacis, Jan Gossaert
Two laughing young men, one with beer mug, Frans Hals
Still life, Willem Claesz. Heda
Still Life with Fruit and Lobster, Jan Davidsz de Heem
Two horses and a monkey, Hans Memling
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [myˈzeːjʏm bɔjmɑns vɑn bøːnɪŋən]) is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It is located at the Museumpark in the district Rotterdam Centrum, close to the Kunsthal and the Natural History Museum.
The museum opened in 1849. It houses the collections of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847) and Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955). In the collection, ranging from medieval to contemporary art, are works of Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí.
In 2013, the museum had 292,711 visitors and was the 14th most visited museum in the Netherlands.
History
The museum was established in 1849[1] as Museum Boymans with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847). Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a fire in 1864.
The collection of businessman Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955) was added in 1958, at which point the museum acquired the name Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. The spelling was changed to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in 1996.
Collection
The Glorification of the Virgin (c. 1490–95) by Geertgen tot Sint Jans
The "Little" Tower of Babel, c. 1563, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Wassily Kandinsky, 1911, Reiter (Lyrishes), oil on canvas, 94 x 130 cm
The museum has a diverse collection ranging from medieval to contemporary art, with somewhat of a focus on Dutch art. Much of the collection came to the museum through the two private collections mentioned above, but many others have contributed throughout the years.
Among the best-known artists that are exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the museum are Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul Cézanne, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Mark Rothko, Edvard Munch and Willem de Kooning.
The collection also includes one of the richest assembly of works on paper (etchings, drawings, lithographs, etc.) in the world from the Middle Ages to the present times.
Selected works
The Glorification of the Virgin (c. 1490–95) by Geertgen tot Sint Jans
The Wayfarer (c. 1500) by Hieronymus Bosch
Nest of Owls (c. 1510) by Hieronymus Bosch
The "Little" Tower of Babel (c. 1563) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Titus at his Desk (1655) by Rembrandt
Hut of the Douaniers with Varengeville (1882) Claude Monet
Portrait of Armand Roulin (1888) by Vincent van Gogh
On the Threshold of Liberty (1929) by René Magritte
Not to be Reproduced (1937) René Magritte
Impressions of Africa (1938) Salvador Dalí
Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time (1939) Salvador Dalí
The Face of War (1940) Salvador Dalí
Activities
The Education Department of the Museum organises children's activities, courses, lectures and tours.
ARTtube
ARTtube is a website with videos about art and design. ARTtube is produced by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, M HKA Antwerp, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De Pont, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Museum Jan Cunen and Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam.
Television
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen produces, together with TV Rijnmond, a television series on art. Boijmans TV is based on an idea by Wilfried de Jong. Boijmans TV is created by a team of creative specialists in different disciplines. It is more than an art magazine; apart from the artists, the museum visitor, the attendant and the employee of technical services appear on the series. Each episode of Boijmans TV can be viewed on ArtTube after it has been broadcast.
Administration
Sjarel Ex has been the museum director since 2004.[3]
The museum had 292,711 visitors in 2013.[2] That year it was the most visited museum in Rotterdam and the 14th most visited museum in the Netherlands.[4]
References
(Dutch) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stadsarchief Rotterdam. Retrieved on 5 August 2014.
Jaarverslag 2013, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2014. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.
(Dutch) Henny de Lange, "Het charme-offensief van Sjarel Ex werkt", Trouw. Retrieved on 5 August 2014.
(Dutch) Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen", NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved on 5 August 2014.
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