The theme of Art was on the agenda for the 48 pupils of group 1-4 of the De Zuidvliet primary school in Kortgene in December 2024. On December 10, they were ready for Piet Mondrian; together with their supervisors, they came to Museum Domburg. In the depot, they enthusiastically followed Mondrian’s development from figurative to…
on 10 November 2024 in the MTVP Museum Domburg More than 250 enthusiast attendees were present at the opening of the exhibition ‘The Israëls. Father and Son’ in the MTVP Museum in Domburg. It was a cold late afternoon, but Glühwein and inspiring speeches warmed those present. After a welcome by the President of the…
Commemoration of the EUROART ANNUAL CONGRESS 2024 (Barbizon FR, 26.09 – 29.09.2024).The presentation of a multi-lingual poem.
From 26 to 29 September, the 30th Annual Meeting of Euroart (euroart.eu) took place in the cradle of the classical artists’ colonies, the French Barbizon. Some 80 participants from various European countries once again showed how important such a network is for the arts and how well it can function with craftsmanship and enthusiasm! Our…
The museum’s annual Friends Evening this time took place on Wednesday, July 31. In the Domburg Johannes Church, Jenny Reynaerts gave a wonderful lecture about the models and muses who posed for the artists Breitner, Toorop and Mondriaan. Jenny Reynaerts is senior curator of 18th- and 19th-century paintings at the Rijksmuseum. Since March 1, 2023,…
Some 100 enthusiastic people attended the opening of the exhibition about the Belgian Luminist Edmond Verstraeten in the Domburg Museum on Saturday 1 June. After a word of welcome by museum chairman Arnold van Houtum, curator Francisca van Vloten explained the exhibition, Antoon Rumes, the artist’s grandson, then told more about his unstoppable grandfather, Klara…
On Wednesday, May 15, the vocal singing group Sing @ Sea performed in the music chapel in the museum garden with a beautiful and versatile program. Under the direction of conductor Rembrandt Minderhoud and accompanied by pianist Olga Tkacenko, many well-known songs from the group’s repertoire were performed. The large audience present had a wonderful…
The colourful and atmospheric landscapes of the Belgian luminist Edmond Verstraeten (1870-1956) are the subject of the 2024 Summer Exhibition. Curator Francisca van Vloten had the free choice from the collection of the Kunstkring VZW Edmond Verstraeten and some associated private collections. She focuses on the works that the artist made on his Den Dommel…
A beautiful opening of the exhibition ‘Untitled. Ger de Greef’ on Saturday March 23. After a welcome word from chairman Arnold van Houtum and an explanation from curator Francisca van Vloten, the alderman for recreation and tourism of the municipality of Veere, John de Jonge, spoke heart-warming opening words on this ice-cold afternoon, with the…
Twenty-six works from the very successful JACOBA VAN HEEMSKERCK MEMORIAL EXHIBITION in our Museum (July 2 – December 10, 2023) travelled to the Kunstmuseum Schwaan in Germany, where they are now on show from January 21 till March 17, 2024. Among them not only the pastel with watercolour Forest/Tree Vault from 1913 (CFVV, loan to…