Collection of Stedelijk Museum


The Stedelijk Museum is a museum of classic modern art, contemporary art and design in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  The Museum is located on Museum Square next to the Van Gogh Museum and close to the Rijksmuseum and the Concertgebouw.  In 1909, the city of Amsterdam decided to collect contemporary art as well as donations from artists of international acclaim.  Since its opening the Museum has created frequent controversy over artistic choice, policies, and financial decisions.  Today, Stedelijk holds nearly 90,000 pieces collected since 1874 and representing practically every important art movement of the twentiethp> and twenty first centuries.  Important pieces by Post-Impressionist artists Paul Cezanne and Vincent Van Gogh along with works from Matisse, Picasso, Newman en Rauschenberg, Warhol, Malevich are included in the collection.


1886 Vase with Carnations Painting Vase-with-Carnations
1887 Vegetable Gardens in Montmartre: La Butte Montmartre Painting Vegetable-Gardens-in-Montmartre:-La-Butte-Montmartre
1887 Outskirts of Paris near Montmartre Watercolor Outskirts-of-Paris-near-Montmartre
1889 La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) Painting La-Berceuse-(Augustine-Roulin)
1889 Two Peasants Digging (after Millet) Painting Two-Peasants-Digging-(after-Millet)





Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."