Arnhem part 2

Last time I gave a lot of background information about Arnhem, so this time it will be a shorter accounting of my day trip, be prepared for many photos of art. This time I had an extra 3 hours that I didn't have last time, and the goal was to go to the Kröller-Müller Museum, which is an art museum and has a sculpture garden. I'll try to label all the pieces as I remember them, but no promises that I'll remember them all (that I post at least). This museum is well worth the hour trip each way needed to get to it (by bus). It is outside of Arnhem itself in a national park, nearby in Otterloo. The museum's founder Helene Kröller-Müller was an avid art collector, who recognized the genius of Vincent Van Gogh and other artists, turning her home into a museum in 1938. The museum has 81 Van Gogh's as a result of her efforts. The only other museum that has more of his works in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (which I have also been to). The collection has pieces from throughout his career, and many that have been published in textbooks around the world. I'm partial to the work during his mental hospital days at St. Remy. Other major artists works that are on display include: Piet Mondrian, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Odilon Redon, Georges Braque, Paul Gauguin, Lucas Cranach, James Ensor, Juan Gris, and Pablo Picasso. The museum's massive sculpture garden is on 75 acres and is one of the largest in Europe. It was the perfect place to be on a misty/rainy day. I enjoyed seeing masterpieces normally only seen in books. I've been very privileged to go to all the places I've been. After I walked through the museum, enjoyed a cup of tomato soup, and toured the outside gardens, I rode one of the free white bikes to the main entrance to catch a bus. The surrounding national park is almost like a savannah grassland surrounded by trees. Riding through the trees was a nice respite and reminded me of forests in California. After the hour ride back to the city, I was able to get some shopping done (new winter boots wooohoo!) and enjoyed tapas at a place called La Cubanita (http://www.lacubanita.nl/). The tapas were ok, enjoyed with water and of course a cointreaupolitan, yummy. They invite you to write on the walls with a Sharpie after you're done with your meal. Nothing more fun than defacing property, and some people were way more creative than I was. They probably should've handed me the marker before I stated enjoying my drink. I escaped town just in time though before the full out rain began. My good deed of this trip was helping a little old lady (85+ years old and only spoke Dutch) figure out how to use a motion sensing faucet. She and I both laughed hard, because it took about 3 minutes for that translation to work. No more big trips for the next few weeks, but small little in town things going on.

Monsieur Jacques and myself

Art in the front

Art in the front

Marino Marini 1955 Cavallo e Cavaliere

Heyman Dullaert- Wandstilleven 1684

Pablo Picasso- 1907 Nu Debout (cubism)

Georges Seurat-Le Chahut 1890

Georges Seurat-Le Chahut 1890 (close up)

Vincent Van Gogh- May 1890 Landweg in de Provence bij Nacht

Vincent Van Gogh- 1888 De Minnaar

Vincent Van Gogh- 1888 Roze Perzikbomen

Vincent Van Gogh- 1888 Cafeterra bij Nacht

Vincent Van Gogh- 1889 Cypresses with two figures

Vincent Van Gogh- 1889 Cypresses with two figures (close up)

Pablo Picasso-1901 Portrait of a woman

Vilmos Huzar- 1915- Vincent

Bart van der Leck- 1914- de Kat

Piet Mondriaan- 1919 Composition with grid 6

Giorgio de Chirico- 1926 Horses Galloping on the Seashore

Gino Severin-1923 Pierrot

Jean Metzinger- 1924 Equestrienne

Buddha 18th century

Random florescent lighting

Fernand Leger-1917 Soldiers Playing Cards

Pablo Picasso- 1911 Violin

Juan Gris-1914 the Fruit Bowl

Juan Gris- 1916 Water Bottle and Lemons

Vincent Van Gogh- 1889 Still Life with a Plate of Onions

Vincent Van Gogh- 1887 Four Sunflowers Gone to Seed

Vincent Van Gogh- 1888 Pollard Willows at Sunset

Vincent Van Gogh- 1885 Man at the Table

Vincent Van Gogh- 1886 Moulon de la Galette

Vincent Van Gogh- 1883 Old Fisherman Seated

Vincent Van Gogh- 1881 Corner of the Garden

Paul Signac- 1906 Rotterdam Mill, canal, morning

Claude Monet- 1871 Portrait of miss Guurtje van Stadt

Auguste Renoir- 1868 The Clown

Auguste Renoir- 1877 In the Cafe

Camille Pissarro- 1877 The Rainbow

Camille Pissarro- 1893 February, Sunrise Bazin Court

Isaac Israels- 1916 Mat Hari

Lucas Cranach de Oude-1537 Venus with Amor the Honey Thief

Lucas Cranach de Oude-1537 Venus with Amor the Honey Thief (close up)

Lucas Cranach de Oude- 1526 Portrait of Johannes the Steadfast

Charley Toorop- 1941 Clown in Front of the Ruins of Rotterdam

Bill Woodrow-1982 The Key (Black Dog)

Keith Haring- 1981 untitled

View from the museum cafe

Tomato soup lunch

Joost van den Toor- 1993 It's a Long Way Back to Germany

Lucio Fontana-1960 Concerto Spaziale 'Natura'

Reflection of an exhibit onto a glass view of the forest

Dennis Oppenheim- 1990 Toe to Heel- Woman Trapped in a Man's Body (close up)

Dennis Oppenheim- 1990 Toe to Heel- Woman Trapped in a Man's Body

Astride Maillol- 1939 l'air

Rob Sweer- 2008 The Hub

On the French Trail

Interesting motor home- the yellow blob is the bedroom, the red box is the kitchen, and the green box is a complete bathroom

Krijn Giezen, Kijk uit attention

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail 

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

Jean Dubuffet - Jardin d'émail

George Minne- 1911 Bust of a Man

Sculpture toward the back of the garden

Oscar Jespers- 1953 Dancers

Random frog

Amphitheater

Having fun with a time delay shot

Sculpture lawn

Monsieur Jacques again

Riding back to the park entrance

The view from the bike

A break in the rain

At La Cubanita, one of the graffiti walls