The museum
History
The Marie Tak van Poortvliet Museum Domburg takes its name from the art collector, anthroposophist and agricultural pioneer Marie Tak van Poortvliet (1871-1936), who in the early twentieth century had a villa built in Domburg and spent many summers there in the company of the painter Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876-1923).
The Museum is a copy of the Exhibition Hall which was wrecked by wind and storms in 1921 and stood diagonally across from the Badpaviljoen. In 1994, the Marie Tak van Poortvliet Museum opened its doors at the current location.
Seaside resorts seem naturally to attract artists. In Domburg this attraction was enhanced by the unsophisticated beauty of the surroundings, the special light along the coast and its reflection over the land of Walcheren. The whimsically shaped dune landscape, the always different-looking sea and the old forests that surround the village centre have inspired many poets, composers and writers, but also – and above all – painters. Around the turn of the last century, when the artist Jan Toorop (1858-1928) for the first time came to Domburg, people already began to talk about a ‘bathing season’ and an established ‘bath culture’.
Toorop and Mondriaan
Toorop
Between 1903 and 1922, Toorop spent a few weeks or several months in Domburg almost every year. In his wake, many friends from all disciplines came to the seaside resort and artists’ colony. Together with the female artist Mies Elout-Drabbe and a few other art friends, he organized the so-called Domburgsche Exhibitions, which took place from 1911 to 1921.
Mondriaan
Only in 1911 and 1912 Mondriaan took part in the Domburgsche Exhibitions, but between 1908 and 1915/1916 he regularly stayed in Domburg. There he went through the most important development in his oeuvre: the transition from figurative to abstract work.
Organization
MUSEUM DOMBURG FOUNDATION
Museum Domburg Foundation Board
- Arnold van Houtum, president
- Marcelle Immink, vice president
- Jan Kaland, treasurer
- Barbara de Kort, member
Museum Domburg Foundation Collection
- Arnold van Houtum, president
- Marcelle Immink, member
- Barbara de Kort, member
Museum Domburg Foundation Real Estate
- Lein Labruijère, president
- Arnold van Houtum, secretary
- Jan Kaland, treasurer
- Adri Meeuwse, member
Curator and policy advisor
- Francisca van Vloten
Board Secretary
- Eveline Cleiren
IBAN NL04 RABO 0146 5198 41
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Committees
Maintenance
- Jaap Bimmel
- Hans Jansen
Education
- Eveline Cleiren
- Francisca van Vloten
Photography
- Adri van de Velde
Advisory Board
- Fusien Bijl de Vroe, Former Director of the Rembrandt Association
- Evert van Os, General Director Singer Laren
- Chris Stolwijk, General Director RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), Professor of Dutch Art History of the long 19th Century, Utrecht University
- Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Professor of Art Sciences KU (Catholic University) Leuven
Support Foundation
- Derk Sauer, chairman
- Frans van Oosten Slingeland, treasurer
- Joost Snoep, secretary
EDUCATION
During the visit to the museum, an aspect of a painting or sculpture from the current exhibition is selected and discussed with the pupils. This can include: colour, shape, light, style or art movement. The aim is to learn to look at art and to understand art. A visit to the exhibition is concluded with a processing assignment appropriate to the target group.
We look forward to welcoming you and your school to our museum! Contact us at info@mtvp.nl to schedule a visit.
The Culture Bus
The Marie Tak van Poortvliet museum is included on the cultural map of De Cultuurbus. This means that for transport to our museum, free bus transport is possible for all Zeeland schools for primary education, secondary education and VMBO. More information at https://cultuurkwadraat.nl/cultuurbus.