After World War II the housing shortage was also very high in The Hague. A great deal of additional construction took place in the Southwest. In the mid-fifties, [...]
A group of enthusiastic residents of The Hague's Escamp neighborhood dedicated themselves for years to the preservation and visibility of works of art in [...].
Fence-air, fence-air. This curious and imaginative word turns out to be the name of an innovative utensil. Designers Jeroen Bruls and Krijn Christiaansen [...]
Three elongated rows of used crates. Each row one crate higher each time. Using these simple means, Hester Oerlemans created the schoolyard of the [...]
New construction of the Johan de Wittcollege on the Capadosestraat in the Laak district prompted this art commission. The elongated building has the [...]
There, on Melis Stokelaan between Het Gulden Huis and Vrederustlaan, is Het Podium: a series of five apartment buildings with courtyard gardens on the [...].
Where once stood the Zuiderpark stadium of ADO Den Haag, a brand-new Sports Campus arose in 2017. The building by FaulknerBrowns Architects has a striking [...]
What is that seated man with the hoses doing there above the entrance to that monumental building on Sport Avenue? The smallest one wriggles unruly around a [...]
Joannes van der Horst had been their pastor for twenty-five years. The faithful of the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Ascension found this a reason to pay tribute.
Jorge MarĂn, Alas de Mexico (Wings of Mexico), 2019
Just turn around at the top of the stairs and you are ready for a perfect selfie for Instagram or Facebook. The giant bronze wings embrace you immediately. And [...]
Mysterious and at the same time a little hesitant, he stands there at the entrance to Aegonplein. A bronze figure more than a man tall, without arms. He seems to be [...]
A gift to the board. That is what these three pelicans in bronze by Pieter Starreveld are. The staff of the Olveh (the Mutual Life Insurance Company Own Help [...]
A large mask-like face. A fragment to be precise. Made of bronze with a dark green surface. That is striking, so on top of a white dune top. That [...]
A timber merchant carrying a pile of planks on his shoulder, herring eaters, grazing cows, a mother with child, two ladies carrying groceries: they are all from the [...].
This afternoon a sculpture by Titus Leeser was placed at the entrance to the Red Cross Hospital on Fahrenheitstraat. It represents the healed patient, [...]
A.H. Planje, G. Knuttel, Memorial to Theo van Hoytema, 1923
What is now a small, intimate monument to The Hague draughtsman, lithographer, graphic designer Theo van Hoytema (1863-1917) originally looked different. How, that [...]
I like to work on different projects at the same time. One often inspires me to make a discovery in another area.'* With variety and diversity, The Hague was [...].
Hildo Krop, John Raedecker, Johan Polet, Architectural sculpture Beehive, 1924-1926
Bijenkorf is a household name. Originally established in Amsterdam by Simon Goudsmit in 1870 as an haberdashery shop, it grew into a luxury department store after 1900. The Hague [...]
Bert van der Toorn has recorded 1366 drowned fishermen from Scheveningen since he started his research in 2005. Of these 'survivors' he has recorded the name and age [...].
There are few lovelier scenes to think of than a young child completely absorbed in something. That certainly applies to 'Lotje'. This little girl with a [...]
Artist unknown, Climbing slide hanging football curtain tube, 2006
As seemingly incalculable as its title, so is the object it names. The designer duo KapteinRoodnat developed a [...] for elementary school De Paradijsvogel.
Real reconstruction art. That is what the six reliefs on the side wall of the apartment building on the corner of Leggelostraat and Melis Stokelaan are.
Almost never do you see a bird in the sky change its mind, turn, go back'. This line of poetry by Judith Hertzberg from her collection 'Dagrest' (1984) can be [...]
Made on the occasion of the temporary exhibition 'Flowers and sculptures' in the Zuiderpark in 1941, the sculpture 'The awakening' came via the Carnegieplein in Clingendael.
The seed for his sculpture lies in the Negev desert. Auke de Vries started making metal constructions there. They were not intended as independent works of art. With [...]
Once, the statue of the internationally renowned sculptor stood on the lawn in front of the TNO-ZWO building. There, the horizontal stratification of the architecture resonated [...].
Around this bronze statue, the words 'This princess saves herself' are written in silver letters. It could hardly be clearer. Time to get old-fashioned and [...]
The monumental wall decoration by Jan Snoeck that was installed in 1965 on the façade of the polder pumping station on the corner of Bezuidenhoutseweg and [...].
Sometimes a work of art is undated. Like the sculpture by painter/sculptor Huub Hierck on the facade of The British School, the former photography school, on Tarwekamp.
A series of light-blue cubes decorate the central reservation of the Reigersbergenweg. The maker, Ferry Simonis, grew up in Mariahoeve. This post-war neighbourhood was built according to the [...]
Self-assured, the girl that Jaroslawa Dankowa made for Mariahoeve Station is scanning the surroundings. She sits on her suitcase. Sideways and with a straight back.
The truncated tree by Rein Draijer, which was placed in 1979 in the public garden in front of the then Thorbecke Comprehensive School, makes it clear at a glance that the [...].
Actually, they always worked together: the Amsterdam native Matthijs van Dam and the Hague native Peter Jansen. Their different backgrounds (one was originally a designer [...]
Somewhere in 1967 he made his first 'Knot'. With this series of sculptures and with his 'Warriors', the Japanese-American artist Shinkichi Tajiri gained worldwide [...].
Joop Beljon, Object group with cascade (Monument Rijkswaterstaat), 1970
If you follow the traffic on the Koningskade, you only see a glimpse of the gigantic concrete pylons in front of the Rijkswaterstaat building. Those who see more [...]
Perfection in clean lines, chamfered corners and simplified forms. These are the characteristics of Johan Altorf's design language. He was one of the most important [...]
The statue 'Cricket Player' by Jaroslawa Dankowa, which acts as an eye-catcher on the grounds of The Hague Cricket Club (HCC), radiates the dynamism and agility [...].
Jean Bremers, Marianne Bremers, Dancing girl, 1988
Since 1988 there have been two bronze sculptures by Jean and Marianne Bremers in The Hague: 'Dancing girl' in Park Clingendael and a statue of Prince [...].
Bunny hunting, flying kites, playing with balls and puppets: you can't think of anything more appropriate for a school. No wonder that the artists Leen [...]
With strips of dark and light grey stone, a space has been sketched on the end wall of the former Zuiderpark-HBS, in which blue planes loom up like windows. Human figures [...]
This school building was opened in 1957 as HBS Zuiderpark. The architect was Sjoerd Schamhart. He made a light and functional building, entirely in the style of [...].
In 1992 Albert Goederond presented his sculpture for a police station in The Hague: a bronze bear. The artist said that the sculpture was created, not invented. Probably the [...]
What do you do with a work of art if the building for which it was made is demolished? That was the question when housing corporation Haag Wonen in 2007 decided to [...]
During her lifetime, there was repeated commotion about whether or not she belonged to the Cobra group. Lotti van der Gaag herself claimed that she [...]
On the schoolyard in front of the primary school on Pachtersdreef there is a large totem pole. It is three metres high and weighs about 700 kilos. Sculptor Henk [...]
"Girl with kite" came into being in 1962. Maker Theo van der Nahmer then participated fully in the vibrant life of artists in The Hague. He was a member of the [...]
After the end of the Second World War, there was a true building explosion. Because of the devastation during the war and the baby boom that followed, the [...]
Colourless grey speckled aluminium concrete. At the time, it was an innovative material. Jan Snoeck executed eight different heads in it. Elongated and caricatural, the noses considerably [...].
Most people only know his stylised human figures made of colourful ceramics. You can find these sculptures by Jan Snoeck everywhere in the Netherlands, on squares and along [...].
Dirk Bus, Relief with man, woman, water jet and washbasin, 1941
When the bathhouse on Escamplaan opened its doors in February 1942, it was still under construction. Because of the bitterly cold war winter, many people visited public wash houses.
The head is bowed and the palms of the spread arms are turned outwards. In this way, the kneeling, naked male figure expresses intense emotions of powerlessness and vulnerability [...].
In The Hague, two versions of Ferry Simonis' 'Shift to the left' can be found: sculptures that were acquired within the framework of the BKR scheme. One version on [...]
In the 1960s and 1970s, the storytellers among the visual artists received little attention. The rational approach was more important at the time [...].
Sometimes it is necessary to move a work of art. Usually this happens because of infrastructural changes. The relocation of Jan van IJzendoorn's 'Object' had a different purpose.
You cannot catch him being gloomy. The sculptures of The Hague sculptor Rob Pleysier are cheerful and playful. That has been the case since the end of [...]
Replacing a blown away statue with a jester: this is how you could summarise the history of art on Koningsplein in a nutshell. After a large-scale renovation, the [...]
The stone sculpture of two relay runners, which Rudi Rooijackers commissioned in 1956 for a school at Goudsbloemlaan, fits into the figurative tradition of the [...].
Although he enjoys drawing and making collages, Lon Pennock primarily manifests himself as a sculptor. In his hometown of The Hague, several sculptures underline the [...]
With a little imagination, you can see a gigantic earthworm in the colour pipe that winds through the bushes along the main sewer building on Houtrustweg in The Hague.
For centuries, craftsmen have fused sculpture and architecture. This can be seen, for example, in the richly decorated ancient cathedrals and the architectural sculpture on buildings of the [...].
Theo van der Nahmer, Relief woman, man, table, lamp, 1948
A man and a woman are sitting opposite each other. Silent and stiff, four hands resting on the table. They stare, do not look. There is nothing more [...]
The sculpture that the (inter)nationally known artist from The Hague, Auke de Vries, designed for Churchill Square consists of three elements that emerge from the water of the [...].
They stand about between the majestic Kurhaus and the large Circustheater: conferencer Wim Kan (1911-1983) and his wife Corry Vonk (1901-1988). Sculptor Siemen [...]
Most strollers along the Scheveningen boulevard will be familiar with them: the "Fairy Tale Sculptures" by American artist Tom Otterness. Already at a great distance you discern [...]
In various publications about his life and work, Rein Draijer is portrayed as a prominent artist who has mastered three totally different disciplines, and who has thus [...]
John Körmeling, Biesieklette house South boulevard, 2006
From the very beginning of his artistic career, John Körmeling has manifested himself as an impetuous, unstoppable and contrary machine of ideas. For the hall of [...]
FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) Sean Griffith, Charles Holland en Sam Jacob, Biesieklette house North boulevard, 2003
The London-based artists' collective FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) prefers to occupy unexplored territory. The artists who belong to the collective claim [...]
Everyone knows more or less what justice means. But how do you represent it without Lady Justice and her scales? That was the task that three artists [...]
Of course, George Maduro (1916-1945) is the namesake of the famous miniature city Madurodam. But that he is also a resistance hero from the Second World War, many [...].
Hollow tooth' is the nickname of the sculpture on the Stadhouderslaan near the Art Museum in The Hague. It sounds a little irreverent for a sculpture by the international artist who has [...]
Sol Lewitt, Tribute to Mrs Josine de Bruyn Kops, 1990
There has been much ado about the placement of this work of art by the famous American artist Sol LeWitt. Architect Sjoerd Schamhart did not want to [...]
The name Carel Kneulman will always be associated with 'The little darling' from 1959 in Amsterdam. Two years earlier the Amsterdam sculptor had completed 'Jacob and the angel', [...]
What you see is what it is. Nothing more and nothing less. The American sculptor Donald Judd created sculptures that do not tolerate interpretation or symbolic meaning.
Françoise Carbasius, Child with duck and bird drinking bowl, 1930/32
Initially it was not obvious that Françoise Carbasius would become a sculptor. At the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague she obtained the [...] diploma in sculpture.
More than ten years before the square near the Circustheater was transformed into a sculpture square, 'The Breakthrough' by Kees Verkade had already been placed and unveiled there. That [...]
Abraham David Christian, Interconnected Sculpture, 2003
If you look closely, you can count six circles. Yet there are only four supports on the pedestal. The other two circles hang in the air. They are touching [...]
A sculpture as a piece of jewellery. A play on words that we can take literally in Jack van Osnabrugge's case. Because Van Osnabrugge is a gold- and silversmith and manufactures [...]
The sculpture 'Standing and lying' has two faces. From a distance, all attention is drawn to two standing columns of stainless steel, both of which are four metres [...].
Rudo Hartman, Plaque Grand Duchess Sophie von Sachsen, 2005
Once upon a time, The Hague was rich in canals. Unlike those in cities such as Rotterdam and Delft, however, the canals in the hofstad (city on the [...]
Arno van der Mark, Nonsite Outside Territory - Floating Point, 1998
On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of The Hague in 1998, the Nederlandse Waterschapsbank donated the Floating Point artwork by Arno [...] to the municipality.
No dignitaries in office, no official delegations, no speeches. Most people know the commemoration of the dead on 4 May on the Waalsdorpervlakte as a modest, dignified event.
His biggest critic was himself. In an interview with 'Het Vaderland' on 24 November 1969, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, he said: 'I start [...].
In memory of the more than 300 fishermen from Scheveningen who lost their lives at sea during the World War 1914-1919. They are there - where neither night nor [...]
In almost all my sculptures, drawings and paintings the subject is woman, the primal mother. That's where I can put all my emotion into it', said sculptor [...].
When writer Yvonne Keuls received the Culture Prize of the city of The Hague on the occasion of her 80th birthday in 2012, she immediately knew what she [...].
In an old photograph taken at the farewell of the influential sculpture professor Jan Bronner, Jos van Riemsdijk poses amidst almost a hundred colleagues.
Horse riding is more difficult and dangerous than it seems. That is the lesson for the children who pass through the entrance gate on their way to the [...] classroom every day.
Although he also exhibited drawings and collages from time to time, Lon Pennock was primarily known as a sculptor who made small sculptures for the interior, but also for the [...].
They are ready for immediate use. At least, that is how the piled up herring barrels on the windy embankment on the corner of the Dr. Lelykade and the Dr. Lelykade [...]
Originally, the bust of the poet, writer, musician, collector, diplomat and statesman Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687) stood at the beginning of Scheveningseweg, near the promenade.
In the year 1931, at the opening of the 2nd harbour, the inhabitants of Scheveningen donated to the municipality. The Lelybank in which this text [...]
They are located between the many business premises on the Binckhorst industrial estate: the 'Binck Twins'. There, they mark the entrance to the multifunctional office and business park of the same name.
PRESENT. Although it sounds rather solemn, you regularly come across the word 'today' in the street scene. Today completely empty or today closed. But what if [...]
There is a special fountain in the pond on Zevenwoudenlaan between Westergo and Oostergosingel. This fountain not only spouts cheerfully, it looks [...]
From a distance he looks endearing, the figure that Atelier van Lieshout created in 2007 in the schoolyard of the Montessori elementary school in Leidschenveen [...]
Eric Claus, Various sculptures garden Council of State, 1980-2016
From his wedding day in 1816 until his coronation in 1840, Crown Prince Willem II lived with his Russian wife Anna Paulowna at Kneuterdijk 22. At [...]
The successful entrepreneur Jacques Levi Lassen (1884-1962) was completely defeated when, one year after the Second World War, he returned from his refuge in New York to [...].
When the City Cinema on the Venestraat burned down in 2000, project developer Geste Vastgoed decided to revitalise the area behind it. In the plan, [...]
After many years of 'drought', anyone who is thirsty can pump a sip of clean drinking water again on Lange Voorhout. To this end, the municipality and [...]
If you don't know it, you just walk past it. In the narrow alley next to the artists' association Pulchri Studio, four enigmatic reliefs have been lying since 2008.
Inconspicuous. That is the spirit level which the German, internationally renowned artist Norbert Radermacher has built into the wall of a ventilation shaft in the car park under the [...].
A substantial work of art': that was what was to be placed in front of the new parliament building. The new accommodation for the Lower House was opened in 1992.
According to Tamar Frank, she could not make what she wanted with a brush and paint at the art academy in Maastricht. That is why she started experimenting [...].
In the early nineties of the twentieth century, a completely new district arose between the Central Station and the old historic centre. This neighbourhood was built on the [...]
On its fiftieth anniversary in 1923, the Joannes de Deo Hospital at Westeinde received a fitting gift. The citizens had collected money to pay for the Catholic hospital in [...].
There is a proud female figure on the little square of De Bockstraat. At least, if you use a little imagination and look through your eyelashes at the soft yellow of the [...]
Hey, what's that posh lady doing sitting in the middle of Anna Paulownaplein? In the shade of the big trees she seems to be sitting on someone who [...]
Unfortunately for the residents, a small park with trees had to make way for the construction of the new police station in the Laakhaven area. In her design, the artist refers [...]
Hans van Bentem connects popular visual culture to traditional cultural heritage. He deliberately captures the fast language of youth culture in slow-moving, traditional materials such as the [...]
Because I think they are very beautiful and because they are timeless', was the reason for artist Berry Holslag to use ancient Greek vase paintings as an example for his [...]
Local residents called this granito statue of Hans Kleyweg when it was placed 'Freezing Seals'. Remarkable as everyone is always inclined to put it in a [...]
While waiting for the train to Leiden and Amsterdam at NS station Hollands Spoor, you are immediately confronted with an image that you can't ignore: the elongated square with its [...]
Dirk Bus lived and worked in The Hague for most of his life. Only during his advanced training at the Rijksakademie did he live in Amsterdam. Besides working at [...]
From the train at Hollands Spoor they always attract your attention: the big puppet and the steam locomotive with zeppelin. They are painted on the end walls of the [...]
In the spring of 2009 two large holes were dug in both schoolyards of the newly built primary school on the Terwestenstraat. A few hours later the [...]
Hans van Bentem, Battle between good and evil on a cosmic level, 2006
The artwork for the Shri Vishnu school had to clearly express the Hindu philosophical identity of this special primary school. A commission of this nature is [...]
Such a boring bare wall in a schoolyard is nothing. That is why, after the expansion of the school in 2001, De Triangel primary school decided to extend the [...]
Eva Hertzsch, Adam Page, Guardhouse Voldersgracht, 2002
During the tenth Documenta in Kassel (1997) the British-German artist duo Hertzsch&Page attracted attention with a public building for 'business and pleasure'. It allowed visitors to see the [...]
Karel Gomes, Gandhi Monument (1869-1948) and National Hindu Immigration Monument, 2004
Mahatma Gandhi who led the Salt March. That image had lodged itself in the mind of sculptor Karel Gomes. And so he has made this important Indian [...]
You can almost hear him crying. Standing upright on his hind legs and wrapped in sheepskin, a wolf-like figure howls at all the residents of the Pander Complex.
That the Hague sculptor Ferry Simonis was originally an etcher can be seen in his sculpture that has been in the garden of Noordeinde Palace since 1990.
Actually he is an architect and urban planner. But in his spare time Rob Krier makes sculptures. Sturdy sculptures cast in bronze. According to his partner Christoph Kohl (1961) [...]
In the middle of the horseshoe-shaped Muzenplein there has been a large bronze mask since 2001. A sturdy pedestal keeps it upright. It is a sculpture by the artist and his [...]
Appie Drielsma, The Hague Resistance and Remembrance Memorial, 1992
Are most of the war monuments realized in the first five to ten years after the war, if not the resistance and liberation monument opposite the entrance of [...].
Heleen van der Sanden - de Groot, World Peace Flame, 2002
Memorials often arise spontaneously. Citizens feel such a connection with people or an event that they take the initiative to give their memories or tributes a [...]
Sometimes art in public spaces contrasts with its surroundings. At other times it harmonizes with it. It is in the latter case that the Advisory Group on Visual Art [...]
Sara Benhamou, Eric de Vries, Jewish children's memorial, 2006
After the summer holidays of 1941, Jewish primary school children in The Hague were only allowed to attend school buildings on Bezemstraat in the heart of the [...].
When conscription was suspended in the Netherlands in 1996, the VVDM (Association of Conscripted Military Personnel) and the AVDM (General Association of Dutch Military [...]
They are widely known as meeting points: the white button in the arrival hall of Schiphol Airport and the gold-polished bronze button in the Hoog Catharijne shopping centre in Utrecht.
It is a wonderful history. In 1872 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke died, the founder of our parliamentary democracy and architect of our constitution. Shortly thereafter a [...]
"If I am anything, I am a Hagueian". This characterization by Louis Couperus (1863-1923), one of the Netherlands' most renowned writers, is, with [...]
It's been called a ghost for a long time. And a foundling. But in the end the sculpture turned out to be a sumptuous woman's torso by sculptor Leon Bouter.
Commissioned by the Woonkomitee Stationsbuurt 1986-1990. Bob Bonies, Onno Ernst, Heiner Holtappels, Boudewijn Korber, Barney de Krijger, Adriaan Nette, Peter van Oorde, Marlies van [...]
In April 2014, Elandplein went on the rampage. Trees were moved, benches put up. The square had to become more attractive for local residents and would serve as a meeting point [...]
Leaning, lying, hanging or sitting. Everything is possible on the tiled square and the adjoining lawn between the flats on the Tivolistraat, where the ceramic (...)
With a diameter of only 35 centimetres, Rein Draijer's bronze sculpture 'Doosvrucht' is not large. Yet it is precisely this sculpture in the bushes of [...]
Gerard van Remmen, Dirk Bus, Bram Roth, City hall facade, 1953
Taut and white: this is how a new city hall arose on the Spui in the 1990s. The contrast with the previous 'new' town hall from [...] could not be greater.
Almost everyone knows 'Het Lieverdje' on the Spui in Amsterdam. Less well known is that this sculpture was made by Carel Kneulman. The artist from Amsterdam is [...]
Since 1967 they stand in front of NIB Capital at the Carnegielaan. The three big stone men of sculptor Niel Steenbergen. Long coats on, two with bowler hats [...]
Casual, dreamy, sweet. Exactly like eight-year-old girls can be. This is how sculptor Frits Stapel captured his 'Girl' in bronze. She stands in the [...]
The artwork was famous in the Schilderswijk and was almost without exception highly appreciated by the local residents. But the 1980 'Car on the Gable' [...]
Axel van der Kraan, Helena van der Kraan, The Schillenpaard of the Schilderswijk, 1989
What would a monument for the Schilderswijk look like? This question was put to the artist couple Axel and Helena van der Kraan. During the research [...]
In the Schilderswijk, between the Falck-, Koninginne- and Naaldwijksestraat, there is a green city square: the Fakonahof. Children from the neighbourhood can play there with toys [...]
Vitaly Komar, Alex (Alexander) Melamid, Phone box with bust Stalin, (1986) 2002
Some gave the artwork less than 24 hours when it was unveiled in The Hague's red light district in 1986. The reactions varied from 'wonderful' to [...]
Berry Holslag, Reconstruction of Teniersstraat, 1987
I was captivated by that picture,' read the headline in the 'Haagsche Courant' of 15 September 1987. The newspaper spoke to sculptor Berry Holslag about the creation of the [...]
Dirk Bus, Donkey, cow, moose and horse, 1931 and 1936
The bridges in the court town are well endowed with sculpture. Following in the footsteps of Amsterdam, The Hague also had many bridges decorated. Many commissions were given by the [...]
A walk along sculptures in The Hague takes you past more than ten works by Jan Snoeck. Not all of them are immediately recognisable as being by Snoeck. Because as well as [...]
Many artists are averse to it, either early retirement or retirement. They work hard, driven as they are. The same was true of sculptor Bram Roth, who [...]
Pierre (Petrus Josephus Hubertus) Cuypers, Ludwig JĂ¼nger, Fountain with Count William II, 1883
Seen by glance, nothing suggests that this work of art dates from the 19th century. That's how well it harmonizes with the 13th-century buildings that form the backdrop: [...]
It was May 1981 when The Hague acquired the 'Uithuil tile' by artist Paul van Solingen. Nothing paid for, just received. Van Solingen had made the [...]
From 1938 onwards, six bronze statues of historical jurists adorned the platform of the Supreme Court on the Plein. The six bronzes were made by six different artists.
It is said of sculptor Albert Termote that his Flemish training gave his work the necessary 'virtuosity and drama'. His statue of Cornelis van Bijnckershoek, a lawyer, [...]
The escape of Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) in a book chest from Slot Loevestein in 1621 is legendary. This famous 17th-century theologian, historian, statesman, diplomat, and [...]
Hildo Krop is one of the most prominent sculptors of the Amsterdam School (1916-1926). He made a name for himself with his many sculptures on buildings and bridges, and [...]
Frits van Hall, in the prime of his life and in the middle of his career as a sculptor, was murdered by the Nazis in the Dachau concentration camp. As a [...]
Who does not know him? The Dockworker', founded in 1952 in memory of the Amsterdam February Strike of 1941. And every year at the commemoration of the [...]
To the side of the building that houses the highest legal body in the Netherlands stands a sculpture. This time it is not a respectable lady Justice, as is customary with legal institutions, but a [...]
In the pond of the palace garden in The Hague stands a gleaming stainless steel sculpture: an abstract figure with a slender posture. On a tall pedestal lies - [...]
Practical. The oak leaves that Jan Roëde jr. and Hugo van Valkenburg devised as signposts through the then new Kortenbosch district can certainly be called practical.
Halfway between the town hall and Bijenkorf it starts to stand out: there are sculptures on the pavement and along the road. While strolling you discover [...]
Bambaataa by artist Gabriel Lester is a large black metal monolithic sculpture containing three cubical forms of light grey gauze whereby the forms are placed in such a way that one [...]
Johannes Petrus Hendricus, or Joop for short, van Lunteren was nicknamed 'De Zuidhollandse Krop'. This is not surprising, because like Hildo Krop (1884-1970) in Amsterdam a lot of [...]
Halfway across the Conrad Bridge stands the statue of a mother guiding her two children safely through traffic. Much care and attention has been paid to [...]
An art commission can go crazy. In December 1998, visual artist Q.S. Serafijn presented his commissioner in Wateringse Veld with an interactive work of art: neon works on various [...]
Four artists have been invited to work with ceramics in the Wateringse Binnentuinen neighbourhood. They have created works of art to embellish the bridges and the [...]
There he sits; along the Lange Vijverberg, with a view of the Hofvijver, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. The fingers of the right hand point to the chest at [...].
Sometimes they are modest and barely noticeable, sometimes they inescapably claim the attention of passers-by. These are the images of Lon Pennock. In [...]
In addition to free work, Adri Blok also made a number of striking sculptures that have been placed in public space. In 1968, for example, she made a sculpture [...].
In the park opposite the Kuinrestraat is a girl sitting on a bench. Her charisma testifies to a curious mixture of self-confidence, arrogance and serenity. She [...]
Joop van Lunteren, Relief prince Maurice and retinue, 1932
The Amsterdam canals are applauded. Yet, The Hague also has its canals: the Buitenom, the Prinsessegracht and the Dunne Bierkade for instance. Since [...]
Bernard Olsthoorn, Five bent triangular articulated tubes, 1983
They're far apart. This gives the impression that the two parts of Bernard Olsthorn's object 'Five bent tubes' in the central reservation of the [...].
Eddy Stikkelorum, Ruud Guilonard, Three walls and columns, 1987
Although he has also carried out art commissions elsewhere, the artistry of Eddy Stikkelorum is mainly linked to the Hague region. The artist was born in [...]
Make a large, full-length portrait of Nelson Mandela: this is how the Stichting Statbeeld Nelson Mandela Den Haag (Nelson Mandela Statue Foundation) commissioned [...].
Co Brandes, Toon Dupuis, Monument Queen Mother Emma, 1936
The 1934-1935 competition for the Emma monument in The Hague had a remarkable course. From the many entries, the jury, which included prominent sculptors, rejected the design [...].
At the end of the Juliana van Stolberglaan, where the Schenkkade and the Van Heutzstraat meet, stands this work of art by the Hague artist Frank Heerema.
In his 'Beeld voor Keppler', which was placed on Kepplerplein in 1990, visual artist Rick Koren has done everything in his power to get things straight [...].
Theo ten Have, International Gay Monument The Hague, 1993
To commemorate victims of discrimination and at the same time to emancipate people with a homosexual orientation of today: this was the intention of the Hague city council in 1986 with the [...]
For decades, many hurried travellers have still managed to catch their train, thanks to the clearly visible, striped clock on the square in front of Central Station. Despite that [...]
Bon Ingen Housz, Dirk Roosenburg, Juliana of Stolberg Monument, 1930
Approximately three hundred people took part on Sunday around noon at the monument Juliana van Stolberg (1506-1580) on the Queen Marianaan in The Hague [...].
Aart van den IJssel, Mechanical insect, (1959) 1960
At the end of the fifties the Laan van Meerdervoort had to be widened between the Muurbloemweg and the Kijkduinsestraat. Due to an increase in the [...]
He is known from the zebra clock in front of The Hague Central Station. But on the Zuidwalland on the square opposite the Hobbemastraat there is another work of art [...].
Almost all body parts are shown. Except the arms. That is why the bronze sculpture 'Woman' from 1965 by the Hague sculptor Dirk Bus is allowed to become a torso [...].
Camel with girl' by the Italian artist Simona Vergani was placed in 2002 on the Ducksquare between the primary schools 'The Whale' and 'Waterland'. A 'wet' [...]
Fred van de Walle, Henk van der Plas, Peter ten Hoorn, Multipipe, 1977
From triangle to square, from flat to three-dimensional. Multipipe' by the three Hague artists Henk van der Plas, Peter ten Hoorn and Fred van de [...].
Henk van der Plas, Peter ten Hoorn, Fred van de Walle, Red carpet, 1977
Anyone who walks across the Escamplaan and passes the park near the Castricum Square can imagine themselves to be a movie star, a prince or another celebrity.
Along the waterfront in neighborhood park 't Kleine Hout are seven boulders. It looks like a composition of ordinary stones determined by fate. Up close it appears [...]
Her most famous work is without a doubt the Indisch Monument. But The Hague counts more than one sculpture by the born Bulgarian Jaroslawa Dankowa. This is how [...]
Surrounded by bushes, on Frederik Hendrikplein in the Statenkwartier, there is a monument in honour of the elocutionist Albert Vogel (1874-1933), who in this district [...], was [...].
Nothing more appropriate than a sculpture of a trumpet player at the Glenn Millerhof, named after the famous American jazz musician and orchestra leader. The bronze 'Jazz musician' [...]
It's impossible to imagine a city like The Hague without Haagse Harry. Father of this typical cartoon character from The Hague is the artist Marnix Rueb. When [...]
Peter van der Meer lived and worked in The Hague, La Spezia and Carrara, among other places. Art lovers who know the Italian place names La Spezia, [...]
Mari Andriessen has been called 'the sculptor of the resistance'. A characterization that belongs to him for two reasons. His Haarlem house and studio were in [...]
A bear made of concrete, a 'trash can' made of bronze in a park, or a styrofoam column between the concrete pillars of an exhibition space. Yumiko [...]
Once stood this beautifully styled dolphin on top of villa 'De Dolphijn' on the chic Badhuisweg. This property at number 141 was built between 1901 and 1904 [...].
Appearances are deceptive. And that certainly applies to 'Three-part plastic' in the Zuiderpark. The work of art made by sculptor Eric Boot in 1970 and originally on the [...]
Whoever keeps what, has what. Fortunately, Marian Gobius had not discarded the model of her sandstone sculpture 'Flora' after years. And that came very [...]
Lidi Buma - van Mourik Broekman, Flute player (Orpeus in the dessa), 1942
A young, insecure youth sitting cross-legged with a flute. The love for the human being radiates from the sculpture. Sculptor Lidi Buma - from the Netherlands - has always made [...]
Frits van Hall, A.H.C. Briët, Jan Ligthart monument 'Ot and Sien, 1930
Whole generations have grown up with them: Ot and Sien. The adventures of these enterprising children are probably even better known than their creator: Jan Ligthart (1859-1916). Together they [...]
Since 1939 the 'Kat' by sculptor Gra Rueb has been standing in the Zuiderpark. Wise, but also a bit angry because of the deep frown in the forehead. Dreams [...]
If you study his various images from The Hague better, you can roughly divide them into two categories. In addition to geometrically abstract metal constructions, there are also sculptures with soft, round [...].
His work is located in our national art temple: the Rijksmuseum. Sculptor/painter Johan Keller is represented in Amsterdam with three busts. Yet he does not enjoy a large [...]
In the past, female artists received the recognition that suited them only marginally. Only in the last few decades does this seem to have changed. Also the [...]
Carel Kneulman, Lazarus learns to walk again, 1982
It is certainly an exceptional rendition of a moment from 'The revival of Lazarus'. According to the official biblical text his sisters Martha and Mary are usually [...].
"Torsion" means rotation. And however subtle, standing behind the sculpture 'Torsion' by Ger Zijlstra in the Westbroekpark a slight twist is indeed visible. A [...]
His work is seldom as stylised as 'Two women with parasols'. Trained by Bon Ingen Housz (1881-1953) and Albert Termote (1887-1978), sculptor Bram Roth [...] came to [...].
Edith Imkamp-Van der Does de Willebois, Entr'acte, 1968
Literally translated, entr'acte means intermediate piece or break between two companies. The abstract bronze sculpture 'Entr'acte' by Edith Imkamp - Van der Does de Willebois seems [...].
You will come across them drawn or painted: simple V-signs representing flying birds. The enormous red V by the Rotterdam sculptress Ineke Visser [...].
Articles about Dick Loef usually discuss his ceramic work. Although there are a number of them in The Hague, there is little information to be found [...].
Once upon a time there was a kindergarten girl in tailor's seat on the column in the middle of the park on the Wingerdstraat. The terracotta garden statue stood there [...].
No haughty look in the distance, gun clatter or other display of power. The equestrian statues of the Italian sculptor Marino Marini are more abstract and have something personal and [...]
J.M. van der Made, Commemorative needle landing Willem I in 1813, 1865
Under a loud "Orange above," Prince William Frederick (1772-1843), eldest son of Stadholder William V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia, set [...] on Nov. 30, 1813.
From gnome man to functional seating object, from decorative street furniture to monument: the sofa has many appearances. As one of the earliest sofas in The Hague, a sofa [...]
If the Hague squire Henry Christiaan Arnoud Ver-HĂ¼ell (1818-1880) had not made such an effort, the Scheveningse Bosjes would probably have looked very different. If [...]
The Waalsdorpervlakte is home to many of the commemorations of the dead that take place there every year on 4 May. Those who remember the ceremony see the procession in front of them [...].
Evert den Hartog, M.A.O.C. Countess of Bylandt, 1987
As if she could get up out of her garden chair, she sits there proudly with her back straightened, her dachshund and her little poodle on her lap, opposite the [...].
Please note: this statue has been sawn off its pedestal and stolen. In the middle of a narrow street in Scheveningen stands a statue of a girl. High up [...]
Anyone approaching the Strandweg near the Zwartepad on a sunny morning can see how the 'Sunlight beacon' shines in the sunlight. The stainless steel counterpart of the [...]
J. Limburg, Jan Altorf, Monument Princess Juliana, 1910
Our country doesn't have that many monumental fountains. But on the Stuyvesantplein in Bezuidenhout there is one: the Juliana fountain. A large scale [...]
In the 1960s the international Fluxus movement dominated sculpture in the Netherlands. Fluxus questions the authentic form of art. The experiment was central. In the process the [...]
Amongst all the monuments, which commemorate historical events and pay tribute to people such as Descartes, Johan de Witt, Eline Vere, there is also a memorial [...].
Who's that shy, timid girl over there in Sweelinck Square? The title of the sculpture, 'Fairy Tale', is a starting point. Is it Cinderella or Snow White? But...
Originally this lady sat at the top of the stairs at the entrance of the former town hall on the Mayor De Monchyplein. With her left hand leaning on the [...]
Placed on a round, brick gas regulator's house on the Tesselseplein, the monument was unveiled by mayor F.M.A. Schokking on 30 August 1952. Relief victims 40-45' [...]
In a flowerbed on the edge of Theresiastraat stands a concentric oval-shaped sculpture: 'Girante' (after the Italian 'girare', meaning 'to turn'). The image is [...]
The first international casualty of a peace mission: that was Dutch Major Lodewijk Willem Johan Karel Thomson (1869-1914). He died on 14 June 1914 in Albania. Together with [...]
Granito' stands on a table-shaped pedestal on the Thorbeckelaan. The title of the abstract image simply refers to the material from which it is made: granito, [...].
The stainless steel sculpture 'Rhythmic column' from 1976 fits in the tradition of constructivism. It is an abstract construction in a strict geometric language of form, where [...]
Stainless steel. Geometric shapes. Three sterile boxes, high and narrow with a curved and closed top stand in front of the Cor Emousschool on Twickelstraat. The [...]
On the seaward side there is a square brick measuring post on a paved seawall in which a stairway has been bricked in. At a suitable distance the lighthouse looms up. In [...]
Onbekende maker, City Pump, Around the Great Church, Unknown
Hard to imagine now, but in the old days everyone drank water from the ditch or canal. Even the polluted Hofvijver supplied the water. A little safer [...]
"Red Knot", "Paper clip", "Scissors". Numerous names have been given to this giant at the junction Schenkviaduct-Utrechtsebaan. The red steel tube, which at about 12 metres [...]
The monograph of his work*, which came out in 2004, opens with a revealing quote from Lon Pennock himself: 'My sculptures are about sculpture. It [...]
Working with bronze has taken on a special dimension for Ingrid Rollema. While many colleagues restrict themselves to handing in a wax model at the bronze caster, [...]
Her posture is relaxed. She leans on one hand and graciously holds the parasol behind her left shoulder. The somewhat indeterminate gaze betrays no curiosity [...].
Gerard van Remmen, Fountain with three dancing girls, 1960
A city plan is not complete unless there is something to embellish it', said director Hillenaar when, on behalf of the construction company of the same name, he presented this statue of [...].
Carel Visser, When the saints go marching in, 1968
The internationally renowned artist Carel Visser has built up an extensive oeuvre in his working life that looks surprisingly diverse. Because in addition to this strict [...]
Swimming pool De Blinkerd on the Seinpoststraat with its hexagonal shape and large dome is a characteristic building. When artist Koos Flinterman was asked to design this [...]
One should not be able to pass by a work of art unnoticed. Otherwise I might as well have erected lampposts.' This is what the Hague sculptor Nout says [...]
They form each other's opposites, the gateways to neighbourhood park Kortenbos on the Sirtemastraat from 1987. They are far apart on the north and south side of [...].
On the site of the former public slaughterhouse in the Laakhaven area is now the Slachthuisplein. The layout of the square and the large glass roof [...].
"Girl on skippy ball. Mother and child. "Girl with bike". These titles of bronze sculptures he made for The Hague leave no room for misunderstanding [...].
Wrestling: an ancient sport and also imagined for centuries. Representations of wrestling naked men can already be found in classical antiquity and by Michelangelo. The tough [...]
Dirk Roosenburg, Toon Dupuis, Monument army and fleet, 1921
Homage to the mobilised army and navy Aug. 1914 - Nov. 1918 Faithful to the Fatherland'. Although most war memorials commemorate the victims of the Second [...]
Jacques Jaquet, Johan Philip Koelman, Joseph Jaquet, Theo Simons, Independence Memorial - Monument 1813, 1869
The realisation of Monument 1813, the largest 19th century monument in the Netherlands, is the first time in sculpture that the contrast between Catholics and [...]
For a long time, the Royal Netherlands Airline, or KLM for short, has been our national pride. The fact that the airline was able to grow into one of the largest in the world is [...].
When you see the strictly geometric 'Synthetic construction' on Plesmanweg, you would not immediately think that nature is the starting point for the [...].
Between the luxuriant plants in the garden around the former Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management there is a female figure. A half-naked lady in sand-lime stone. In [...]
Jan Altorf, Hendrik Goeman Borgesius monument, 1924
Editor-in-chief of 'Het Vaderland', forty years member of the Lower House, Minister of the Interior and honorary doctor at the Groningsche Hoogeschool: it's not bad [...].
Less than a week before his death, the childless Johan de Bruyn van Buytewech (1590-1657), lord of Nieuwkoop, North and Eighteen Courts, drew up a will. In it [...]
The animal was a subject completely dominated by sculptor Françoise Carbasius. Thus the famous art historian Cornelis Veth wrote in 'De Telegraaf' of 9 [...].
Auke de Vries has designed several sculptures that have been given a permanent place in the public space of his hometown The Hague. His sculptures see [...]
He took off with a hot air balloon from the garden of Noordeinde Palace. Not much later he landed in Zevenhuizen. There the French balloonist Pierre [...]
There are people who don't like abstract art very much. "You don't see anything in it" is the criticism. Appreciation for art depends on the fact that [...]
Seventeen more than life-size, slender figures: men, women and children. In doing so, sculptor Jaroslawa Dankowa expressed the grief of the victims of the [...].
In the natural situations in which we work, colour (and in particular the industrially manufactured intense colour coating) forms a contrast or a signal that we [...].
She walked in front of me in the Wagenstraat', says sculptor Ingrid Rollema in Het Binnenhof on 29 May 1982. A lady shopping with large earrings by [...].
She has been called the 'most unknown queen of the Netherlands'. Eight years on the throne isn't exactly long either. Yet at the beginning of the 20th century [...]
Between the houses and cars of the Reijerskopstraat a striking structure emerges from the central reservation. It appears to be a large concrete pedestal with three steps [...].
What is a work of art doing in the middle of the busy Rijswijkseplein, where various traffic signs demand attention? Sculptor David Vandekop asked himself the same question. He was [...]
Emile de Nieuwerkercke, Equestrian statue Prince William I, 1845
In 1843 the French sculptor Emile de Nieuwerkercke showed King William II his model of a equestrian statue of Prince William of Orange. The king was [...]
On Ockenburghstraat there are two uniform, metre-high rectangles: one rests on the ground, the other 'floats' and is connected with a rib to the [...].
The difference between 'real' and 'just real' is sometimes very small. Visitors to the Oostduinpark can see a red deer every day on the meadow Arendsdorp. The [...]
The statue of Queen Wilhelmina that now adorns the little square on Paleisstraat could have looked significantly different. In 1963, a committee was set up [...].
Idyllic and unspoiled. These are characteristics that fit perfectly with the statue 'Child with a bird trough' that stands between the vegetation of the Papaverhof's park [...].
On 29 March 1945, members of the resistance molested and disarmed two German soldiers on the Parallelweg. One day later, members of the resistance held a column there [...].
Mother and child' is a subject that has captivated artists and audiences throughout the centuries. This is also proven by the statue sculpted in rough brushstrokes [...].
Jorien Kruyff van Dorssen-Rooymans, Ruth, the ear-reading woman, 1964
When the statue 'Ruth' was placed in 1964, the Mother-of-Pearl horst had only just been completed. The new housing estate arose on a spot where previously the Bezuidenhoutse [...]
At the age of eighty she took an active part in the cultural life of Voorburg. Sculptor Marian Gobius stood as co-founder and volunteer Museum Swaensteyn with advice [...].
The two ballplayers at the sports hall on the Parkside are balancing on a slender column several metres high. Because they perform their actions at great height, they [...]
Sitting, recessed in thought, the right hand with pencil by the head leaning slightly forward, in the left hand a few sheets of paper. With this classic [...]
Ingrid Rollema has enriched The Hague with a number of remarkable human figures and imaginative creatures. The broadly smiling pole chair in the Pietermanstraat is one of them.
Finally, their neighborhood would be embellished with a long-awaited work of art. Buurtberaad Spuikwartier then immediately knew what to do with the preserved roof of the demolished [...].
Just as the Impressionists recorded their surroundings at the end of the 19th century as if they wanted to capture the elusive light in paint, so are the bronze statues of Peter [...].
In 1981 the new building for Buurthuis Boerenplein on the square of the same name was completed. The new building was embellished with a work of art: two wall objects by artist [...].
A sculptor' was called artist Peter van der Meer. With thick slabs of clay he formed his female figures and animal figures. Also typical are his acrobatic [...]
Two sculptures by Pim van der Maas have been placed in the Melis Stoke Park. Both stainless steel objects underline the sculptor's preference for manifestation [...].
How happy can a human being be? Very happy, anyone who sees the image 'Joy' will fully agree. The stylised female figure resembles invisible wings heavenward [...].
"Eternal youth. This is the name of the statue of the nude young lady by sculptor Theo van der Nahmer. And she has an eternal youth, because since [...]
As a result of the busy intersection with pedestrian crossings, traffic lights, traffic signs, flash unit and electrical box, lampposts and advertising panel, the steel object 'Shift to the left 1' stands out [...].
Sometimes there is a commotion around a work of art. That happened to sculptor Petra de Jong. Her 1979 'Sundial' showed a striking resemblance to a sundial of the [...].
Would those two concrete dogs be guarding your bike? For a moment, that thought flashes through your head. The bicycle stands so close to the railway viaduct immediately evoke associations [...].
In the 1960s this plastic was intended as 'a play image with delightful nooks and crannies for children'. At that time it was a relatively new phenomenon to artists [...].
The visual oeuvre of Kees de Kruijff is firmly anchored in the tradition of figurative sculpture. The group of sculptures that were created in 1975 at the shopping square [...]
Four objects by sculptor Joop Pellinkhof were placed in the flower boxes on Deimanstraat in 1987. Two of these objects have now disappeared, the other [...]
Four objects by sculptor Joop Pellinkhof were placed in the flower boxes on Deimanstraat in 1987. Two of these objects have now disappeared, the other [...]
Kijkduin has many sun worshippers, but this vacationer is almost always there, weather or no weather. Once in a while, however, his skin must also [...]
Rudi Rooijackers, Scheveninger and Scheveningse, 1952
That the work of art would tell something about fishing, inextricably linked to Scheveningen, was clear from the outset. But sculptor Rudi Rooijackers, before [...]
A world of difference lies between Rudi Rooijackers' 'Composition' which was placed in the park opposite Hertenrade in 1966 and his five years earlier [...].
Ghost images' were sometimes called the abstract works of Theo van der Nahmer. Signalement' on Groenhovenstraat is a typical example of such a 'ghost image'. Whimsical fragments [...]
Eline Vere: stately she stands there, as a lady from The Hague used to do at the end of the 19th century. With a dress according to the latest fashion, a hat [...].
How interesting can a square be? Pretty interesting. This can be seen in 'Verstekte hoeklijn II' which Joop Pellinkhof placed on the lawn in 1980 [...].
On the lawn, between Margarethaland and Mariahoeveplein, on the Hofzichtlaan, stands the statue 'The homecoming' of sculptor Joop Pellinkhof. In his work the artist reveals [...]
Titus Leeser, Englandspiel Memorial (The Fall of Icarus), 1980
Often it doesn't happen. That free work is purchased for a monument yet to be realized. The Englandspiel monument on the Hogeweg in the Scheveningse Bosjes, with [...]
In the art world people often think in stereotypes and boxes. When hearing the name Jan Snoeck, one immediately thinks of abstracted ceramic human figures, [...].
Theatrical the bird raises its head and spreads its wings. It is the mythological firebird Phoenix, resurrected from its ashes, which raises itself up on high [...].
Dirk Bus made his debut in the early thirties in the art cellar ''t Center''. In the Nieuwe Courant of 8 April 1950 the sculptor from The Hague refers to this exhibition, [...].
Carpenter, cloth merchant, coal merchant, fishmonger and timber merchant. Sculptures representing these professions can be found in various places in the region by the Katwijk sculptor Gerard Brouwer: Hillegom, [...]
As an abstract composition of lines and planes; this is how the large sculpture on the Buitenhof, to the right of the entrance to the Binnenhof, looks.
Vandalism is of all times. At the mercy of the mischief of the village youth, the inscription plates violated, the bronze wreaths and large bronze buds robbed, ...'.
They're puzzling. Four boulders: each on its own circular, stone slab in the grass. Uncanny, because the sculpture makes passers-by guess at the meaning.
Aart van den IJssel, Irene Liberation Memorial, 1959
Our national tricolour was, especially after the Second World War, the symbol of freedom. That is why the General Committee of The Hague, at the tenth commemoration of the [...]
Motorists drive past it; walkers may well stop to consider it, the poems on the memorial for Hendrik Dresselhuys (1870-1926). The monument stands on a [...]
The Netherlands has no great tradition in the field of fountains. Perhaps this can be explained by the fact that our low country has few natural spray sources [...].
Free, playful, happy, loving, caring. These are the words that first come to mind when you see the bronze 'Mother and Child' of Rudi Rooijackers [...].
Halfway down Catsheuvel there is a monument. A memorial sign in honour of all victims of chemical weapons. It was made on the occasion of the tenth anniversary [...]
In 1951 he signed the founding manifesto. As a result, sculptor Bram Roth became a member of the artist group Verve (1951-1957). The group of fifteen painters and five sculptors [...].
Marte Röling studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and subsequently developed into a versatile artist. She paints, draws, etches, lithographs, makes screen prints and sculptures [...].
The spherical shape is a grateful starting point for sculptor Annemie Fontana. In the oeuvre of the artist the sphere returns in all sorts of capacities and performances.
They seem to come from underground. Short and thick and as insubstantial as they are fragile. That's how Christien Rijnsdorp's sculptures look. Sometimes they have [...]
"This one's for us!" This was called out by an ADO supporter shortly after Space Duck Racer was placed in front of the Bijenkorf in The Hague on 13 January 2011. Undoubtedly saw [...]
Fully dedicated to the portrait, that is sculptor Gert Germeraad. He makes heads, busts and torsos of existing people. On the one hand he bases these [...]
Kneeling on the sidewalk with his head under a pavement tile, buried under a pile of books or hanging from a burning beam: with these black-and-white photos [...] conquered [...].
A holiday snapshot. That is what Anno Dijkstra's pedestal sculpture looks like. An Amazonian Indian in full regalia embraces a random western woman for the picture.
On 20 August 1672, just outside the Prison Gate, a gruesome lynching took place. There the brothers Johan and Cornelis de Witt were murdered and skinned [...].
Thanks to the diligence of the Municipal Commission for Art Assignments of the 1960s, The Hague can boast of a sculpture by one of the most famous [...]
A special piece of soap. That was the starting point for this series of images in the water. Artist duo LaSalle had a piece of Acqua di [...] for an anniversary.
Initially Peter ten Hoorn's artistic career did not seem to go directly in the direction of sculpture. He studied at the Royal Academy in The Hague [...].
His works of art are usually not the representation of something recognizable. It doesn't represent but it expresses,' he once said about one of his works.
Just for a moment you think: shops? Here? To realize a second later that's not right. That happens to the casual passer-by in the new housing estate Leidschenveen [...].
Giant statues made of sheet steel up to 8 to 15 meters high. Painted in solid colours. These are images that Ernst Hazenbroek painted at the end of the 1980s, beginning [...].
A cast of a door, a filmed inflatable house, virtual spaces. Buildings are everywhere in the sculptures of painter/sculptor Jan van de Pavert. Sometimes [...]
It is often said that the (inter)nationally known sculptor Auke de Vries is originally a graphic artist and draughtsman. In order to make a link with his [...]
Nestor of Dutch sculpture. Internationally known. That's Carel Visser. His imagery testifies to a free-spirited world of autonomous things. In the construction company [...]
Red, green and blue: the statue of Karel Appel at the intersection of the Spui with the Grote Marktstraat and the Kalvermarkt is a strak contrast to the white of Richard Meyer's city hall and library [...].
Does living nature lend itself as a material for art? Around 1969 sculptor Sjoerd Buisman proved that it is possible to make works of art from living plants [...].
There's definitely some interesting news on the iPad. The two young, modernly dressed women look at the screen with such concentration. Armed with a bag, iPad [...]
There's a little gem in the centre of The Hague. Sonja Oudendijk has incorporated precious looking materials such as stainless steel, brass and enamel in her pedestal statue.
Joost van den Toorn, For whom the bell tolls, 1993
Buildings with high towers, birds with party hats and dogs with crosses: Joost van den Toorn's imagery is idiosyncratic, humorous and contains magical, mythical [...].
Language and sign. They have been the building blocks for his sculptures since the early 1980s. Marc Ruygrok focuses on drawings, photographs and [...]
They seem to want to embrace the void. Sculptor Michael Jacklin makes sculptures out of comic iron. Since 2005 he has used the box shape remarkably often. Because of the [...]
Between the trams and the facades in the busy city centre of The Hague there is an unreal primal landscape. As an icon of the unspoilt in a built world [...].
Sculptor Els de Groot has left several traces in the public space in The Hague. With the exception of her temporary art listening project 'De ontelde ruimte' [...].
In 1939, Johan Albarda (1877-1957), the foreman of the SDAP (Social-Democratic Labour Party), was installed as one of the first socialist ministers. Between 1917 and 1923 [...]
In 1956 the painter modelled a head, a self-portrait, which he called 'old-fashioned and conservative'. A year later, the bronze 'Schoven I' was able to add the touch [...].
During the day, the cheerful primary colours of the two geometric elements on the column, which is about 6 metres high, are the main attraction. But also in the evening [...]
On the square of the Archipelago School in the Indian neighbourhood sits a funny little figure with his back leaning against the wall. His long, thin legs [...]
One hand up and with the mask in front of the face. In this way, the colorfully dressed baseball player guards the goal that is on the wall of the Archipelago [...].
Gijs Assmann, The he and the she and the is of it, 2005
The artist Gijs Assmann seems a cheerful one. At least that is your first impression when you see his colourful sculpture in front of the sculpture gallery 'The he [...].
The most famous goddess of victory is in the Louvre: the winged 'Nike of Samothrace'. A masterpiece of late Greek sculpture, the head of which is unfortunately missing.
Barbed wire held together by cow's gut. This was what the first sculptures exhibited by Jos Kruit looked like. She gained national fame in one fell swoop in 1994. Rudi Fuchs, [...]
A strange bronze creature with remarkably recognizable attributes. Ambiguous and at the same time unclear, that is irritating for a viewer to the image 'Twisted Totem' of Peter [...].
Like a limp mannequin, 'Man with loose limbs' by sculptor Tom Claassen hangs on a stick. Dangling defenselessly above his pedestal in the centre of The Hague.
For those who only know the early work of sculptor Leo Vroegindeweij, his sculpture is an eye-opener for the Sculpture Gallery. Were his sculptures from the first [...]
Arjanne van der Spek , Yesterday's state, Tomorrow's state, 2005
A lamppost with a bulb on top of a pile of building material. This is roughly the sculpture that sculptor Arjanne van der Spek made for the Sculpture Gallery. In [...]