Photography

In the Hague Museum of Photography an exhibition of photographer Jan Banning

For Bureaucratics he photographed public officials in eight countries.

 Sushma Prasad assistent clerck at the

Cabinet Secretary of the State of Bihar 

That's a different kind of archive than the one we're used to...

Thailand, 'site 8', camp for Cambodian refugees,
de facto led by the Khmer Rouge, close to the Cambodian border.
Physiotherapy for land mine victims. 1987

 Dirk Kome - Belgian blue checkered pigeon

Homing pigeon club, Bovenburen Winschoten, 2017

On our way to the train station... walking through the city centre...

the Binnenhof

Surplus

Anton Mauve - white cow (1884) oil on paper on panel

Gerrit Rietveld - desk

 Gerrit Rietveld - buffet (1919) made by Gerard van de Groenekan (1972)

 Piet Mondrian - Evolution (1911) oil on canvas

Art Nouveau

In the company of a good friend I visited the Art Nouveau exhibition in The Hague.

I just love to be surrounded with beauty and it was certainly worth the visit!!!
Below some of my favourite objects...

Jurriaan Kok - sugar bowl and Mocca pot (1902) painted egg shell porcelain

Theo Nieuwenhuis - clover and clover with roots (ca. 1900) paint on paper

Chris Lebeau - pike perch study (ca. 1900) pencil and ink on paper

Chris Lanooy - vase with underwater scene (1906-1907)
painted earthenware with luster glaze

Theo Colenbrander - four-piece garniture Day and Night (1885)

Cornelia van der Hart - vase (ca. 1903-1907)
glazed earthenware with sgraffito decoration

and another work from
Chris Lebeau - study after a cross-cut of a red cabbage (ca. 1896-1899)

this study resulted in a gorgeous patterned corduroy textile and bench...

you can find my earlier visits tot he museum here and here