Approaching Gemeente museum in Den Haag. Can you notice the thin layer of ice surrounding the small water fountain? It's just 2 or 3 consecutive nights below freezing point, if the weather goes on, the Dutch skating dream will come true again this year.
Anyway, back to three influential men in the area of modern arts - Cezanne. Picasso and Mondriaan ...
Paul Cezanne - Pablo Picasso - Piet Mondriaan
Impressionist - Cubism - Abstraction
Imagine, 3 painters of different generations yet they were like tele-ported through the time zone and getting the influence from the one before them.... Mondriaan's paintings are so abstract that no matter how hard I try to interpret and understand the painting but I never get the title right. It was rather interesting yet frustrating brain exercise. There are quite a lot of Cezanne and Picasso paintings in the exhibition too... I am particular impressed by the number of Picasso's creations....
Another painter that is new to me, Vloho Bukovac - an painter from Croatia but apparently born in Italy, has painted a lot of wonderful and lively portraits, his portraits rightly convey the atmosphere, facial expression and the cultural elements at the time of painting ....
A quick pick me up at the Grand cafe inside the museum, mainly to rest my feet. A cuppa cappuccino and a piece of Dutch apple tart just did the job.
I like the different elements in the Wonder Kamers (Wonder Rooms), there are a lot more interactive aspects, one can touch and feel almost everything that is not protected with glass or without a 'don't touch' label.
In the textile room, there are a few kiosks for modelling, is nothing of technology edge but a rather fun experience in shooting a head shot using web cam and selecting various clothes for oneself.
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