The Hague School, 1860-1930.” This special exhibition opens on February 23, 2025. More than 80 works are borrowed directly from private Dutch collections and are being shown in the United States for the first time. It was developed with the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation and is featured in the Dorothy Jenkins and Harper Family Galleries.
It focuses on the lesser-known history of Dutch Impressionism, demonstrated by the style of the Hague School. Among the impulses from the French Barbizon School, it was those brought by Willem Roelofs and the Maris brothers that encouraged a generation of Dutch artists to create sweeping depictions of the Netherlands: expansive skies, rustic landscapes, and scenes of daily life. The exhibition traces the movement’s development from rural and coastal scenes toward depicting urban existence-starting with plein-air sketches and culminating in studio works.
says Dr. H. Alexander Rich, the museum’s executive director and chief curator, excitedly regarding the introduction of these very special Dutch Impressionist masterworks to American audiences because they are rarely seen outside private homes.
This exhibition invites viewers to explore how Dutch Impressionist painters articulated the Netherlands’ landscapes in a style of their own. The result: windmill-dotted panoramas, wide-open skies, and grazing livestock whose images are deeply ingrained in our collective view of the Netherlands today. On view from October 5, 2024, to February 23, 2025, this exhibition is supported by Florida Southern College, Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation, and CORE Wealth Advisors.