EARLY WORKS AT THE "OTHER" VAN GOGH MUSEUM

Do you know about the "other" Van Gogh museum near Amsterdam?

Helene Kröller-Müller, German by birth but married to successful Dutch businessman Anton Kröller, amassed a collection of over 11,500 art objects between 1907 and 1922. This makes her collection one of the largest private collections of the 20th century. One of her favorite artists was Vincent van Gogh...she was an early admirer of his paintings when his work were not very well known. She became the owner of more van Gogh paintings than anyone other than the van Gogh family itself, nearly 100 paintings and over 180 drawings. 

The Kröller-Müller Museum is about an hour's train ride from Amsterdam, located in the town of Otterlo in the middle of the Hoge Veluwe National Park and is home to some of van Gogh's most famous and beloved masterpieces.  Let's start with some of his early works when he was still painting with the darker palette:

Loom with Weaver (1884) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Still Life with Clogs (1881) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Oxcart (1884) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Head of a Man with a Pipe (1884) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Lane of Poplars at Sunset (1884) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Peasant Women Digging Up Potatoes (1885) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Autumn Landscape (1885) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Moulin de la Galette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh at the Kröller-Müller Museum

Thank you for visiting,

A Great Europe Trip Planner 

All photos were taken by me during my visit to the museum. 

The museum is closed Mondays and January 1.

The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday and national holidays* from 10.00 to 17.00.

* Easter, Pentecost, Christmas, King’s Day (April 27), Liberation Day (May 5).

The sculpture garden is open until 16.30.