The Stedelijk Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Museumplein, 10


The Stedelijk Museum was founded in 1874 by a group of private citizens in Amsterdam, led by C.P. van Eeghen, who donated funds and their art collections to establish a museum in the capital of the Netherlands that would be devoted to modern art. The collection, housed at first at the Rijksmuseum, was moved in 1895 into the Museum’s own building, designed by A.W. Weissman.

For its first decades, the Stedelijk maintained a diverse collection, which included works of contemporary Dutch and French masters but also period rooms and even the banners of citizens’ militias. Beginning around 1920, however, the collection was culled and the focus concentrated more rigorously on modern and contemporary art, including pioneering collections and exhibitions of design and photography.

Already known to visitors from around the world because of its paintings by Vincent van Gogh (many of them later transferred to the Van Gogh Museum upon its creation), the Stedelijk began its rise to international prominence after 1945, when curator and designer Willem Sandberg became the Director. In addition to expanding the collection and working directly with many artists, Sandberg initiated an ambitious and far­sighted exhibition program that put the Stedelijk at the forefront of contemporary art institutions—a program that continued under Edy de Wilde (Director 1963– 1985), Wim Beeren (1985–1993), Rudi Fuchs (1993–2003) and Gijs van Tuyl (2005–2009) and that contributed greatly to the development of the Stedelijk’s collection.

Source: stedelijk.nl
Kazimir Malevich. The White Suprematist Cross
The White Suprematist Cross
1927, 88×68 cm
Jackson Pollock. The Reflection Of The Big Dipper
The Reflection Of The Big Dipper
1947, 91.5×111 cm
Kazimir Malevich. An Englishman in Moscow
An Englishman in Moscow
1914, 88×57 cm
Kazimir Malevich. The lady at the tram stop
The lady at the tram stop
1913, 88×88 cm
Kazimir Malevich. Bureau and room
Bureau and room
1913, 79.5×79.5 cm
Kazimir Malevich. Musical instrument
Musical instrument
1913, 88.5×69.5 cm
€50.00
Digital copy
Kazimir Malevich. Suprematist composition (with blue triangle and black rectangle)
Suprematist composition (with blue triangle and black rectangle)
1915
Kazimir Malevich. The gardener
The gardener
1911, 91×70 cm
Kazimir Malevich. Bather
Bather
1911, 105×69 cm
€50.00
Digital copy
Kazimir Malevich. Peasant women in Church
Peasant women in Church
1912, 75×97.5 cm
Wassily Kandinsky. Bild mit Häusern
Bild mit Häusern
1909
€50.00
Digital copy
Marc Chagall. Violinist
Violinist
1913, 188×158 cm
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