Den Haag (The Hague)
Thursday, April 19It was raining and hailing before breakfast so we decided to go to Den Haag(The Hague) to see some museums there. We first went to the Mauritshuis, which has many of the best of the classic Dutch paintings, including the famous"Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Jan Vermeer. For more on this famous museum and its collection, see this link.
After a good look at all the paintings there, we walked
to another musuem, The Gemeentemuseum, where we saw the first of many paintings
of the Hague School artists. One example of the paintings of this school is by Anthonij Mauve, but more examples and some information about the Hague School can be seen at this site.
Mill in Sunlight, 1908
Red Tree, 1908
John especially enjoyed the Mondrian paintings there and we were surprised by the number of the moody Dutch Landscapes among these early works.
as well as the type of painting for which he became famous.
His 1944 "Victory Boogie Woogie" in this museum is his last, unfinished work.
After all this, we decided to do something different and
drove out to Scheveningen, a suburb on the North Sea. The pier there
is an interesting structure. It has a restaurant where Elizabeth and
I had had dinner 5 years earlier.
On to Keukenhof Gardens.