Jan Schoonhoven 1914 - 1994
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Jan Schoonhoven studied from 1930 to 1934 at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague. He worked from 1946 to 1979 at the Central Buildings Department of (the then state-owned company) PTT. The artistry of Schoonhoven took place in the evening hours and the free weekends. With his kindred spirits Armando, Jan Henderikse and Henk Peeters, Schoonhoven founded the NUL group in 1961, the Dutch variant of the German Zero and the movements related in Italy and France, of which Manzoni, Fontana and Yves Klein were the precursors.
The reliefs of Schoonhoven are characterized by their monochrome - mostly white - tone and the serial, repetitive nature of geometric patterns. His reliefs are constructed from geometric, repeating patterns on which the effect of light and shadow falls tells the story. In order to preserve objectivity and detachment, he does not place any emphasis on composition. It is precisely through the repetition, the seriality, that he can show reality in the most intensive way. And that reality is structure for Schoonhoven. Yet there is also a tension with the personal to be seen at Schoonhoven: the forming of the reliefs, the painting of them and also in his drawings, the hand of the artist is always present. He keeps his own unique handwriting.
The reliefs of Schoonhoven are characterized by their monochrome - mostly white - tone and the serial, repetitive nature of geometric patterns. His reliefs are constructed from geometric, repeating patterns on which the effect of light and shadow falls tells the story. In order to preserve objectivity and detachment, he does not place any emphasis on composition. It is precisely through the repetition, the seriality, that he can show reality in the most intensive way. And that reality is structure for Schoonhoven. Yet there is also a tension with the personal to be seen at Schoonhoven: the forming of the reliefs, the painting of them and also in his drawings, the hand of the artist is always present. He keeps his own unique handwriting.
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From October 31, 2015 to February 14, 2016, Museum Prinsenhof Delft organized an exhibition about the Delft artist Jan Schoonhoven.
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In museum collection:
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
Kröller-Müller Museum
Groninger Museum
Museum van Bommel van Dam
Van Abbemuseum
Centraal Museum Utrecht
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Museum Voorlinden
Fries Museum
Rijksmuseum
CODA
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Teylers Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Tate Modern, London
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
Museum Ludwig, Koln, Germany
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
In corporate collection:
Bouwfonds
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Solo exhibitions (selected)
1949 Jan Schoonhoven, Kunststudiecentrum, The Hague, December 1949
1950 Jan Schoonhoven, ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, February 11–March 3, 1950
1957 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Cultureel Contact Centrum, Schiedam, the Netherlands, February 1957
1958 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie .31, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, April 9–28, 1958
1962 Jan Schoonhoven, reliëfs, tentoonstellingszaal Weverij De Ploeg, Bergeijk, the Netherlands, October 29–November 23, 1962
1964 Jan J. Schoonhoven, reliëfs, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 10, 1964
1965 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Wulfengasse 14, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 19–July 10, 1965
1966 Jan Schoonhoven (with Armando), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, March 30– April 15, 1966
1967 Jan Schoonhoven (with Yayoi Kusama), Internationale Galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 3–December 15, 1967
Jan Schoonhoven, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 4–December 17, 1967
1968 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, November 8–December 22, 1968
1969 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Walenkamp, Leiden, the Netherlands, April 4–25, 1969 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum,
Germany, May 4–June 7, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 8–15, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 20–October 4, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Düsseldorf, Germany, October 10–24, 1969
1970 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, February 6–March 3, 1970
Jan Schoonhoven, Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, April 4–23, 1970
Jan Schoonhoven (with Paul Damsté), Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 30–October 25, 1970
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Arte Contemporanea Vismara, Milan, October 6–19, 1970
1971 Jan Schoonhoven (with Nanda Vigo), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, February 20–March 19, 1971
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galleria Ferrari, Verona, Italy, April 10–May 10, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Lucy Milton Gallery, London, October 13–November 2, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 6–December 12, 1971
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Prentenkabinet, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 20, 1971–January 9, 1972
1972 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany, March 1–April 9, 1972; travelled to Westfälischer
Kunstverein, Münster, Germany, April 29–June 4, 1972; Museum Van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands, June 17–July 24, 1972; and
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 27–November 26, 1972
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, October 4–December 13, 1972
Jan Schoonhoven, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, December 15, 1972–January 14, 1973
1973 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 2–April 1, 1973
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art II, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 3–March 22, 1973
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie D+C Müller, Stuttgart, Germany, October 26–November 11, 1973
Jan Schoonhoven, Banque de Paris, Antwerp, Belgium, December, 1973–January, 1974
1975 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium, September–October 1975
Jan Schoonhoven, Zeichnungen 1940–1975 (Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1940–1975), Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany,
September 5–October 12, 1975; traveled to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January
11, 1976; and Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany, January 25–March 7, 1976
Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January 11, 1976
1976 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany, March 20–May 9, 1976
1977 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum ’t Coopmanshûs, Franeker, the Netherlands, February 10–March 20, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, April 5–May 7, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven (with Gotthard Graubner), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 10–August 20, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria, November 10–23, 1977
1978 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, May 18–June 15, 1978
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, the Netherlands, November 10–December 4, 1978
1979 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 7, 1979
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, August 1979
Jan Schoonhoven (with Carel Visser), Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany, September 14–October 21, 1979
Jan Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, November 15, 1979–January 5, 1980
1980 Jan J. Schoonhoven. Neue Zeichnungen (Jan Schoonhoven: New Drawings), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 14–August 31, 1980
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam, March 29–April 23, 1980 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, May 14–
September 3, 1980
1981 Jan Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, May 15–June 21, 1981
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Orez-Mobiel, The Hague, August 28–September 26, 1981 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Blanche, Stockholm,
November 7–25, 1981
1982 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie De Vries en Roeloff, Rotterdam, February 27–March 29, 1982
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Brinkham, Amsterdam, September 4–October 8, 1982
1983 Jan Schoonhoven, Vecu, Antwerp, December 3, 1982–January 1, 1983
Jan Schoonhoven, Kunstcentrum, Enschede, February 6–March 2, 1983
1984 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, June 16–July 1, 1984
Jan Schoonhoven, Retrospektiv: Tekeningen en reliefs, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 15–November
18, 1984; traveled to Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Ger- many, November 30, 1984–January 20, 1985; Badischer Kunstverein,
Karlsruhe, Germany, February 1–March 10, 1985
1987 Jan Schoonhoven, A Retrospective, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, February 24–April 4, 1987; traveled to SVC Fine Arts
Gallery, University of South Florida, April 17–May 30, 1987; Se- wall Art Gallery, Rice University, September 4–October 16, 1987; and UTA
Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, October 30–November 25, 1987 [catalogue]
1988 Jan Schoonhoven: retrospective, Institut Néerlandais Paris, France, January 12–February 28, 1988; travelled to Musée de Peinture
Grenoble, France, April 28–June 7, 1988
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Lüpke, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, February 22–March 26, 1988
1989 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, October 12–27, 1989
Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1962-1987, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, 1989
1990 J.J. Schoonhoven, Reliëfs & tekeningen, Galerie Tegenbosch, Heusden, The Netherlands, November 11, 1990–January 1, 1991
1995 Jan Schoonhoven-retrospektiv, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 3–October 22, 1995; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands, February 11 - April 14, 1996; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Germany, June 2 - August 11, 1996
1999 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, October 23–November 27, 1999
2002 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 3–October 12, 2002
2009 Jan Schoonhoven Reliefs en tekeningen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 12, 2009–February 28, 2010
2010 Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings, Peter Freeman, New York, November 4, 2010–January 22, 2011
2015 Jan Schoonhoven, David Zwirner, New York, January 9–February 14, 2015
Jan J. Schoonhoven zum Hundertsten. Werke 1941–1991 (On Jan J. Schoonhoven's Hundredth Birthday. Works 1941-1991), Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany, January 24–April 19, 2015
2016 Kijk, Jan Schoonhoven (Look, Jan Schoonhoven), Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016
De werkelijkheid van Jan Schoonhoven (Reality According to Jan Schoonhoven), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016
1949 Jan Schoonhoven, Kunststudiecentrum, The Hague, December 1949
1950 Jan Schoonhoven, ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, February 11–March 3, 1950
1957 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Cultureel Contact Centrum, Schiedam, the Netherlands, February 1957
1958 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie .31, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, April 9–28, 1958
1962 Jan Schoonhoven, reliëfs, tentoonstellingszaal Weverij De Ploeg, Bergeijk, the Netherlands, October 29–November 23, 1962
1964 Jan J. Schoonhoven, reliëfs, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 10, 1964
1965 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Wulfengasse 14, Klagenfurt, Austria, June 19–July 10, 1965
1966 Jan Schoonhoven (with Armando), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, March 30– April 15, 1966
1967 Jan Schoonhoven (with Yayoi Kusama), Internationale Galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 3–December 15, 1967
Jan Schoonhoven, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, November 4–December 17, 1967
1968 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, November 8–December 22, 1968
1969 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Walenkamp, Leiden, the Netherlands, April 4–25, 1969 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum,
Germany, May 4–June 7, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Ursula Lichter, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 8–15, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 20–October 4, 1969
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Loehr, Düsseldorf, Germany, October 10–24, 1969
1970 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, February 6–March 3, 1970
Jan Schoonhoven, Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, April 4–23, 1970
Jan Schoonhoven (with Paul Damsté), Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 30–October 25, 1970
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Arte Contemporanea Vismara, Milan, October 6–19, 1970
1971 Jan Schoonhoven (with Nanda Vigo), Internationale galerij Orez, The Hague, the Netherlands, February 20–March 19, 1971
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galleria Ferrari, Verona, Italy, April 10–May 10, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Lucy Milton Gallery, London, October 13–November 2, 1971
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 6–December 12, 1971
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Prentenkabinet, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 20, 1971–January 9, 1972
1972 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany, March 1–April 9, 1972; travelled to Westfälischer
Kunstverein, Münster, Germany, April 29–June 4, 1972; Museum Van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands, June 17–July 24, 1972; and
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 27–November 26, 1972
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, October 4–December 13, 1972
Jan Schoonhoven, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, December 15, 1972–January 14, 1973
1973 Jan Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 2–April 1, 1973
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Collection d’Art II, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, February 3–March 22, 1973
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie D+C Müller, Stuttgart, Germany, October 26–November 11, 1973
Jan Schoonhoven, Banque de Paris, Antwerp, Belgium, December, 1973–January, 1974
1975 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium, September–October 1975
Jan Schoonhoven, Zeichnungen 1940–1975 (Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1940–1975), Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany,
September 5–October 12, 1975; traveled to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January
11, 1976; and Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany, January 25–March 7, 1976
Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 29, 1975–January 11, 1976
1976 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Elke Dröscher, Hamburg, Germany, March 20–May 9, 1976
1977 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum ’t Coopmanshûs, Franeker, the Netherlands, February 10–March 20, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, April 5–May 7, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven (with Gotthard Graubner), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 10–August 20, 1977
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Hildebrand, Klagenfurt, Austria, November 10–23, 1977
1978 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, May 18–June 15, 1978
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, the Netherlands, November 10–December 4, 1978
1979 Jan J. Schoonhoven, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26–July 7, 1979
Jan J. Schoonhoven, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, August 1979
Jan Schoonhoven (with Carel Visser), Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany, September 14–October 21, 1979
Jan Schoonhoven, Lens Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, November 15, 1979–January 5, 1980
1980 Jan J. Schoonhoven. Neue Zeichnungen (Jan Schoonhoven: New Drawings), Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, June 14–August 31, 1980
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Amsterdam, March 29–April 23, 1980 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, May 14–
September 3, 1980
1981 Jan Schoonhoven, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, May 15–June 21, 1981
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Orez-Mobiel, The Hague, August 28–September 26, 1981 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Blanche, Stockholm,
November 7–25, 1981
1982 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie De Vries en Roeloff, Rotterdam, February 27–March 29, 1982
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Brinkham, Amsterdam, September 4–October 8, 1982
1983 Jan Schoonhoven, Vecu, Antwerp, December 3, 1982–January 1, 1983
Jan Schoonhoven, Kunstcentrum, Enschede, February 6–March 2, 1983
1984 Jan Schoonhoven, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, June 16–July 1, 1984
Jan Schoonhoven, Retrospektiv: Tekeningen en reliefs, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 15–November
18, 1984; traveled to Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Ger- many, November 30, 1984–January 20, 1985; Badischer Kunstverein,
Karlsruhe, Germany, February 1–March 10, 1985
1987 Jan Schoonhoven, A Retrospective, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, February 24–April 4, 1987; traveled to SVC Fine Arts
Gallery, University of South Florida, April 17–May 30, 1987; Se- wall Art Gallery, Rice University, September 4–October 16, 1987; and UTA
Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, October 30–November 25, 1987 [catalogue]
1988 Jan Schoonhoven: retrospective, Institut Néerlandais Paris, France, January 12–February 28, 1988; travelled to Musée de Peinture
Grenoble, France, April 28–June 7, 1988
Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie Lüpke, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, February 22–March 26, 1988
1989 Jan Schoonhoven, Galerie m, Bochum, Germany, October 12–27, 1989
Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1962-1987, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, 1989
1990 J.J. Schoonhoven, Reliëfs & tekeningen, Galerie Tegenbosch, Heusden, The Netherlands, November 11, 1990–January 1, 1991
1995 Jan Schoonhoven-retrospektiv, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 3–October 22, 1995; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands, February 11 - April 14, 1996; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Germany, June 2 - August 11, 1996
1999 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, October 23–November 27, 1999
2002 Jan Schoonhoven, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 3–October 12, 2002
2009 Jan Schoonhoven Reliefs en tekeningen, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands, September 12, 2009–February 28, 2010
2010 Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings, Peter Freeman, New York, November 4, 2010–January 22, 2011
2015 Jan Schoonhoven, David Zwirner, New York, January 9–February 14, 2015
Jan J. Schoonhoven zum Hundertsten. Werke 1941–1991 (On Jan J. Schoonhoven's Hundredth Birthday. Works 1941-1991), Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany, January 24–April 19, 2015
2016 Kijk, Jan Schoonhoven (Look, Jan Schoonhoven), Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016
De werkelijkheid van Jan Schoonhoven (Reality According to Jan Schoonhoven), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, the Netherlands, October 31, 2015–February 14, 2016
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