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23-435: The Kröller-Müller Museum , named after Helene Kröller-Müller , is situated nearby and has the world's second largest collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings. Otterlo was a separate municipality until 1818, when it merged with Ede. During the first four years of the war, Otterlo was relatively unharmed. The local resistance made use of a secret telephone connection from an electrician's house, which in 2021 still stands at

46-635: A book that featured the accident and the subsequent effect it had on his health. Di Suvero was a founding member of the Park Place Gallery in 1963 with Forrest Myers , Leo Valledor , Peter Forakis , and others. The gallery closed in July 1967. Di Suvero protested the Vietnam War , and was arrested twice. He left the United States in 1971. During his four-year self-exile, he exhibited his works in

69-424: A focus on H-beams and heavy steel plates. Many of the pieces contain sections that are allowed to swing and rotate giving the overall forms a considerable degree of motion. He prides himself on his hands-on approach to the fabrication and installation of his work. Di Suvero pioneered the use of a crane as a sculptor's working tool. His style is associated with the abstract expressionism movement but directly evokes

92-588: Is an abstract expressionist sculptor and 2010 National Medal of Arts recipient. Di Suvero was born in Shanghai , China, to Matilde Millo di Suvero and Vittorio di Suvero (later known as Victor E.), both Italians of Sephardic Jewish descent. He was one of four children, the eldest being Victor di Suvero . His father was a U.S. Navy attaché for the Italian government , and the family lived in Shanghai until his father

115-678: The Battle of Otterlo . This Gelderland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kr%C3%B6ller-M%C3%BCller Museum The Kröller-Müller Museum ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrʏlər ˈmʏlər myˌzeːjʏm] ) is a national art museum and sculpture garden , located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands . The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within

138-628: The Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg administrations. Di Suvero was previously married to architect Maria Teresa Caparrotta, whom he met while living in Italy, but later divorced. Di Suvero broke his back in 1960, and his leg was paralyzed from the knee down. In 2018, he burned himself while welding and the leg had to be removed. His early works were large outdoor pieces that incorporated wooden timbers from demolition buildings, tires, scrap metal, and structural steel. This exploration has transformed over time into

161-508: The Green Gallery in Manhattan in the fall of 1960. The editor of Arts Magazine wrote, "From now on nothing will be the same. One felt this at di Suvero's show. Here was a body of work at once so ambitious and intelligent, so raw and clean, so noble and accessible, that it must permanently alter our standards of artistic effort." On March 26, 1960, while working at a construction site, he

184-738: The Tuileries Garden in Paris, the first living artist to hold an exhibition there. He later returned to the United States and opened a studio in Petaluma, California in 1975. While the Petaluma studio is still active, di Suvero moved to New York City and opened a studio there. In 1976, the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan housed a retrospective exhibition of di Suvero's smaller structures, while

207-584: The Netherlands and Germany, taught at the Università Internazionale dell'Arte, and lived in Chalon-sur-Saône , France where he maintained one of his studios on a barge until 1989. His French barge, Rêve de signes , has since been turned into La Vie des Formes, an atelier for emerging artists, which has been moored at Montceau-les-Mines since 2009. In 1975, his sculptures were exhibited in

230-665: The University of California, Santa Barbara after learning that he was unable to make an original contribution as part of his philosophy major. He transferred to the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a B.A. in philosophy in 1957. After graduating from college, di Suvero moved to New York City in 1957 to begin a career as a sculptor. He worked part-time in construction and began incorporating wood and metal from demolition sites into his work. Di Suvero gained recognition among art critics with his first solo exhibit at

253-653: The city of New York exhibited some of his larger sculptures all around town. His 1966 sculpture, Praise for Elohim Adonai , was erected in front of the Seagram Building . In January 2024, the work was permanently installed adjacent to David Chipperfield's East Building for the Saint Louis Art Museum . He founded the Athena Foundation in 1977 and Socrates Sculpture Park in 1986, both of which function to assist artists. In 2019, his tallest piece, E=MC 2 ,

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276-613: The dorpsstraat, behind barber Prophitius, to communicate with the allies below the river Rhine (1944/1945). During the war, multiple families hid Jewish people from the Germans. One location was betrayed however, resulting in a raid in 1944 at the house 'De Lindenhof' at the Hoenderlooseweg. During the liberation of Netherlands in April 1945, Otterlo was the center of a fierce and bloody battle between German and British and Canadian soldiers. See

299-561: The extensive grounds of her and her husband's former estate (now the national park), opened in 1938. It has the second-largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh , after the Van Gogh Museum . The museum had 380,000 visitors in 2015. The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller , an avid art collector who, being advised by H.P. Bremmer , was one of the first to recognize Vincent van Gogh 's genius and collect his works. In 1935, she donated her whole collection to

322-541: The forest park, of more than 75 acres (30 ha) and one of the largest in Europe , with a fine collection of modern and contemporary sculptures. The garden reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature. The collection includes works by Auguste Rodin , Henry Moore , Jean Dubuffet , Mark di Suvero , Lucio Fontana , Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen , Fritz Wotruba , Joep van Lieshout and many more. Lisette Pelsers

345-552: The second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world (after the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam ). Apart from the Van Gogh paintings other highlights include works by Piet Mondrian , Georges-Pierre Seurat , Odilon Redon , Georges Braque , Paul Gauguin , Lucas Cranach , James Ensor , Juan Gris , William Degouve de Nuncques and Pablo Picasso . The Kröller-Müller Museum is also famous for its large sculpture garden , within

368-542: The spirit of the Russian post-revolution constructivism . Constructivism is strongly associated with concepts of a utopian socialist reconstruction but came crashing down when the Stalin and Hitler empires failed. Di Suvero is the first artist post-war to revive the constructivist movement. The sculptures can be touched, and they are resistant enough to be climbed on. Some of his work includes: Di Suvero's sculptures and career were

391-402: The state of the Netherlands . In 1938, the museum, which was designed by Henry van de Velde , opened to the public. The sculpture garden was added in 1961 and the new exhibition wing, designed by Wim Quist , opened in 1977. The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh , such as Café Terrace at Night , and Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate) . Making it

414-700: The style of abstract expressionism set forth by Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline . When Pax Jerusalemme was installed in a prominent spot in front of the Legion of Honor in 2000, Kenneth Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle dismissed it as "mediocre." But remarking on the installation of the artist's colossal E=MC 2 at the Storm King Art Center , Jason Farago in the New York Times wrote that di Suvero "understands better than almost any artist

437-624: The subjects of the 1977 film, North Star: Mark di Suvero . The film was produced by François De Menil and by art historian Barbara Rose , and it featured music composed by Philip Glass . The film was released as a DVD in 2012. In May 2013, some of his most famous sculptures were exhibited in Crissy Field in San Francisco . Some critics deny the novelty of di Suvero's art, arguing he just inflated an established concept to greater dimensions. In 1975, William Rubin argued he merely vulgarized

460-498: Was involved in a near-fatal elevator accident, resulting in a broken back and severe spinal injuries. Treating physicians initially believed he would be unable to walk again. While in rehabilitation, however, he learned to work with an arc welder, which he used in later pieces. His recovery took four years. By 1965, he was able to walk without assistance. He is one of the 16 artists featured in Chronicles of Courage: Very Special Artists ,

483-572: Was moved from France to the Storm King Art Center in upstate New York. Di Suvero lives in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City with his second wife, Kate D. Levin, who he married in 1993, and their daughter. Levin, a former City College of New York teacher, served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs from 2002 to 2013, and has worked in

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506-487: Was relocated to Tientsin shortly after the birth of the family's last son in 1936. With the outbreak of World War II , di Suvero immigrated to San Francisco with his family in February 1941 aboard the S.S. President Cleveland . Di Suvero attended City College of San Francisco from 1953 to 1954, and then the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1954 to 1955. He began creating sculptures while attending

529-660: Was the museum director of the Kröller-Müller Museum from 2012 to 2024. She was succeeded by Benno Tempel. The museum had an increasing number of visitors until the COVID-19 pandemic , when it took a severe plunge due to closures and reduced tourism activities overall. Visitor numbers have largely recovered since, but have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels. The museum was the 12th most visited museum nationally in 2013. Mark di Suvero Marco Polo di Suvero (born September 18, 1933), better known as Mark di Suvero ,

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