Special Collections
H+F Collection
Between 2000 and 2005, the Centraal Museum has set up a special and experimental collaboration with private collector and Maecenas Han Nefkens. Over 80 of the contemporary works of art which he collected in this period were added to the collection of the Centraal Museum on a longterm loan period and ‘promised gift’. The orientation was international and a shared feeling of quality was the most important collection standard. The existing collection and intrinsic orientation of the museum were partly taken into consideration, but new names were also added to the collection. The highlights of the H+F Collection include works by Pipilotti Rist, Bill Viola, Tony Oursler, Thomas Rentmeister and Bernard Frize.
Van Baaren collection
The Van Baaren collection, collected between 1925 and 1964 by Josephina and Lambertus van Baaren from Utrecht, is, with its 19th and early 20th century collection of visual arts, an important core of the Centraal Museum. It serves as the museum’s window to the international developments in the art of painting. It is a good example of a typical private collection which came into being under the influence of art educator Bremmer. With the arrival at the Centraal Museum in 1980, the collection art of the 19th and early 20th centuries was improved significantly. The centre pieces of this collection include works of Vincent van Gogh, Auguste Herbin, Jean Metzinger, Floris Verster, Johan Bartold Jongkind and Piet Mondriaan.
