Amsterdam - Municipal Museum

(Local Name: Stedelijk Museum) The Municipal Museum (founded in 1885) is one of Europe's most important modern art museums. Its collection mainly covers 19th and 20th C. Dutch and French painting. The museum owes its existence to the appreciation of art and the generosity of leading citizens of Amsterdam. Its collection is based on the gift of the widow Suasso-De Bruin ("Sophia Augusta foundation"). Chr. P. van Eeghen's collection of contemporary art was added to this as well as other collections not confined to contemporary works. These were later transferred to other museums, since in accordance with its original concept the Municipal Museum specializes in modern art from the mid-19th C. onwards. The following are some of the movements and artists represented: De Stijl (Van Doesburg, Mondrian, Rietveld), Cobra (Karel Appel, Corneille, Jorn), Colorfield Painting (Kelly, Louis, Newman), Pop Art (Rosenquist, Warhol), Nouveau Réalisme (Armand, Spoerri, Tinguely); painters such as Chagall, Dubuffet, De Kooning, Malevitch and Matisse. The sculpture garden contains numerous works, including those of Rodin, Moore, Renoir, Laurens and Visser. The Municipal Museum has its own library and puts on avant-garde films, concerts and exhibitions.