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Marc Mulders (Tilburg, 1958)
The art of Marc Mulders is like a garden: colorful and abundant, with soft and light hues predominating. He paints in daylight, in an open stable, standing at the threshold between the darkness of the stable and the surrounding meadows of flowers.
In his earlier work, from the 1980s, dark colors are the dominant tone; he paints religious motifs such as the Pieta and the Last Supper, along with still lifes of dead game, fish and flowers. During this period he is greatly influenced by the work of Chaïm Soutine. While drawn to painting abstractly, Mulders does need the materiality of animals and flowers to paint.
An important turning point is his move, in 2008, from the city (Tilburg) to a farm on the country estate Baest. The garden and the flower meadows around his studio develop into a key motif in his oeuvre. And because of this, his palette gradually becomes lighter. The fields of flowers inspire him to render flowers in a more abstract way, in which the interplay of sunlight on these fields becomes prominent.
Painters such as Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler and (the later work of) Claude Monet are his main source of inspiration. So it comes as no surprise that he calls his own gardens and flower meadows 'my own private Giverny', referring to the famous gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny.
In addition to his focus on the garden/flower meadow as a motif, Marc Muldlers has, for years, been interested in Persian miniatures, in which gardens also play a significant role. Their design, color schemes and symbolism have profoundly influenced the paintings of Mulders, and as a result many of his paintings bear titles such as Persian Garden, Let the Desert Bloom and Persian Juno Iris. These Persian miniatures have a strong influence on the arrangement of areas of color and motifs in his work.
Stained glass and crafts
During the time of postmodernism during the 1990s, Marc Mulders goes entirely in his own way and adopts a stance against postmodernism by setting up what was called 'the Tilburg school' and writing a manifesto defending the motto 'religion-tradition-craft'.
Aside from painting, he also undertakes the crafts of stained glass and tapestry-making during those years. Among the stained-glass windows are The Last Judgment at the Sint-Janskathedraal in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Erasmus Window at the Grote Kerk in Gouda and A Garden of Glass in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk. This window, created for the 25th jubilee of Queen Beatrix, was chosen in 2006 as the country's 'most beautiful artwork from the past fifty years'. In 2023 his most recent stained-glass window was installed in the Sint-Petrusbasiliek in Oirschot.
Exhibitions and collections
Marc Mulders is one of the most successful Dutch painters today. From the start of his career Mulders receives recognition. In 1988 he wins the Prix de Rome, and he is invited to take part in two important exhibitions for promising young artists: Een grote activiteit (Wim Beeren, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1987) and Gemengd bedrijf (Rudi Fuchs, Haags Gemeentemuseum, now Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 1993).
This is followed by solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1991) and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (1993). Soon after, there is interest in his work from abroad. During this period his work is shown at Galerie Barbara Farber in Amsterdam, which shows his work at major international art fairs such as Art Basel, ARCOmadrid, FIAC Paris and Art Basel Miami Beach. Then there are solo exhibitions at Galerie Templon (Paris, 1997) and Stux Gallery (New York, 1999). Nevertheless, Mulders deliberately opts not to take the international route any further, because it distracts him from the essence: working in his studio.
His work is purchased by collectors within the Netherlands and abroad, and by museums including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De Pont Museum in Tilburg, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven as well as the Rob Defares Collection in Amsterdam.
Various other solo exhibitions are held in museums and galleries, among them De Pont Museum in Tilburg (1999), the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem (2006), Het Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch (2013), the former Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, now Kunstmuseum Den Haag (2018), at Kersgallery in Amsterdam (2018 and 2022) and at NQ Gallery in Antwerp (2022).
Marc Mulders lives and works on Landgoed Baest, in Oostelbeers.
The art of Marc Mulders is like a garden: colorful and abundant, with soft and light hues predominating. He paints in daylight, in an open stable, standing at the threshold between the darkness of the stable and the surrounding meadows of flowers.
In his earlier work, from the 1980s, dark colors are the dominant tone; he paints religious motifs such as the Pieta and the Last Supper, along with still lifes of dead game, fish and flowers. During this period he is greatly influenced by the work of Chaïm Soutine. While drawn to painting abstractly, Mulders does need the materiality of animals and flowers to paint.
An important turning point is his move, in 2008, from the city (Tilburg) to a farm on the country estate Baest. The garden and the flower meadows around his studio develop into a key motif in his oeuvre. And because of this, his palette gradually becomes lighter. The fields of flowers inspire him to render flowers in a more abstract way, in which the interplay of sunlight on these fields becomes prominent.
Painters such as Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler and (the later work of) Claude Monet are his main source of inspiration. So it comes as no surprise that he calls his own gardens and flower meadows 'my own private Giverny', referring to the famous gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny.
In addition to his focus on the garden/flower meadow as a motif, Marc Muldlers has, for years, been interested in Persian miniatures, in which gardens also play a significant role. Their design, color schemes and symbolism have profoundly influenced the paintings of Mulders, and as a result many of his paintings bear titles such as Persian Garden, Let the Desert Bloom and Persian Juno Iris. These Persian miniatures have a strong influence on the arrangement of areas of color and motifs in his work.
Stained glass and crafts
During the time of postmodernism during the 1990s, Marc Mulders goes entirely in his own way and adopts a stance against postmodernism by setting up what was called 'the Tilburg school' and writing a manifesto defending the motto 'religion-tradition-craft'.
Aside from painting, he also undertakes the crafts of stained glass and tapestry-making during those years. Among the stained-glass windows are The Last Judgment at the Sint-Janskathedraal in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Erasmus Window at the Grote Kerk in Gouda and A Garden of Glass in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk. This window, created for the 25th jubilee of Queen Beatrix, was chosen in 2006 as the country's 'most beautiful artwork from the past fifty years'. In 2023 his most recent stained-glass window was installed in the Sint-Petrusbasiliek in Oirschot.
Exhibitions and collections
Marc Mulders is one of the most successful Dutch painters today. From the start of his career Mulders receives recognition. In 1988 he wins the Prix de Rome, and he is invited to take part in two important exhibitions for promising young artists: Een grote activiteit (Wim Beeren, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1987) and Gemengd bedrijf (Rudi Fuchs, Haags Gemeentemuseum, now Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 1993).
This is followed by solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1991) and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (1993). Soon after, there is interest in his work from abroad. During this period his work is shown at Galerie Barbara Farber in Amsterdam, which shows his work at major international art fairs such as Art Basel, ARCOmadrid, FIAC Paris and Art Basel Miami Beach. Then there are solo exhibitions at Galerie Templon (Paris, 1997) and Stux Gallery (New York, 1999). Nevertheless, Mulders deliberately opts not to take the international route any further, because it distracts him from the essence: working in his studio.
His work is purchased by collectors within the Netherlands and abroad, and by museums including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De Pont Museum in Tilburg, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven as well as the Rob Defares Collection in Amsterdam.
Various other solo exhibitions are held in museums and galleries, among them De Pont Museum in Tilburg (1999), the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem (2006), Het Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch (2013), the former Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, now Kunstmuseum Den Haag (2018), at Kersgallery in Amsterdam (2018 and 2022) and at NQ Gallery in Antwerp (2022).
Marc Mulders lives and works on Landgoed Baest, in Oostelbeers.
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ABN AMRO Art Collection
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Instituut Collectie Nederland
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Marc Mulders studied at the Sint Joost Academy in Breda from 1978 to1983. In 1986 Mulders won the Prix de Rome and had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1991. Subsequently, the attention for his work was great, both at home and abroad. Mulders was represented by galleries in Paris and New York. Yet, he decided to quit working abroad. Mulders calls his position as a painter anti-globalist and local. According to Mulders, there is plenty of work to do in the place to which you relate. In order to further develop this, Mulders decided to open up his mobile studio, made by designer Piet Hein Eek, to Dutch artists.
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Tilburg 1958
Woont en werkt in Oostelbeers
www.marcmulders.com
Solotentoonstellingen – selectie
1991 • Marc Mulders, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• Marc Mulders, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
• Marc Mulders, Galerie Wittenbrink, München [ de ]
1993 Marc Mulders, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1997 Marc Mulders, Galerie Daniel Templon, Parijs [ fr ]
1999 • Splinters and Grass, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York [ us ]
• Marc Mulders, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
2003 Galerie Brennecke, Berlijn [ de ]
2006 De zachte vacht van het sterven, met Sarah Lucas, Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen, Haarlem
2008 Mapping Out Paradise, met Claudy Jongstra, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
• Lost for Faith/returned for beauty, Marres center for contemporary art Maastricht
2013 The Moonlight Garden, Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2014 • Vensters, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2018 Bloem en dier, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Nieuwe schilderijen, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam
Groepstentoonstellingen – selectie
1986 Prix de Rome 1985, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1987 Een grote activiteit. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990 Gemengd bedrijf. Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
1992 De Opening, De Pont Museum, Tilburg.
1994 Idea Europa, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena [ it ] en Museo Civico, Padua [ it ]
1995 Couplet V: dansende meisjes, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1997 Dutch light, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York [ us ]
1998 NL, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2000 • SO by Alexander van Slobbe, spring collection 2001, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Parijs [ fr ]
• Collection 2001, SO by Alexander van Slobbe, Flagstore, Tokio [ jp ]
2003 • Gogh Modern. Van Gogh en de hedendaagse kunst, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Nederland niet Nederland, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2018. • WeerZien, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
2019 • Vrijheid, De 50 Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968. Museum de Fundatie Zwolle.
Glas in loodramen – selectie
2004 Een tuin van glas, t.g.v. het 25-jarig regeringsjubileum van koningin Beatrix, De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
2006 • Apokalypse, Museum Catharijne Convent, Utrecht
• Het Laatste Oordeel, Sint-Janskathedraal, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2007 Amor Proximi, Oranjefonds, Utrecht
2013 Sterrenhemel, Grafkapel Van Abbe, Waalre
2016 Erasmusraam, De Grote Kerk, Gouda
Prijzen
1985 Prix de Rome basisprijs
1989 Charlotte Köhlerprijs
1997 NBM-Amstelland/Pulchri-prijs
2006 Glas-in-loodraam Een tuin van glas in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam
2017 • Kunstenaar van het jaar, Stichting Kunstweek
• De provinciepenning van Noord-Brabant, Ereburgerschap van de provincie
Bibliografie – selectie
• W. Beeren, ‘Marc Mulders’ in Een grote activiteit (Amsterdam: catalogus Stedelijk Museum, 1987).
• J. Guldemond, ‘Marc Mulders’ in Zes projecten (Eindhoven: catalogus Van Abbemuseum, 1994)
• L. Heyting, Een tuin van glas. Herdenkingsraam zilveren regeringsjubileum koningin Beatrix (Amsterdam: Nieuwe Kerk, 2005).
• H. den Hartog Jager, Dit is Nederland in tachtig meesterwerken (Amsterdam: Atheneum-Polak, 2008).
• J. Goedegebuure, ‘Pulserende vitaliteit, over het vroege werk van Marc Mulders (Lecturis, 2013).
• A. Leclaire, ‘Marc Mulders: de monnik’ in Vrij Nederland, 3 augustus 2013.
• J. Benschop, ‘Het buitenatelier. Marc Mulders’ in Zout in de Wond. Kunstenaars in
Europa (Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 2016).
. H. den Hartog Jager, Marc Mulders, 'Het Laatste Oordeel' in VRIJHEID De 50 Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968.( Amsterdam: . Atheneum-Polak, 2019).
Werk in collecties van musea – selectie;
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Stedelijk museum Amsterdam
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Haags Gemeentemuseum
De Pont Museum, Tilburg
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam,
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Museum Gouda, Gouda
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden
Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Werk in openbare collecties – selectie;
ABN AMRO-kunstcollectie, Amsterdam
KPN Kunstcollectie, Den Haag
Van Lanschot Kempen Kunstcollectie, ’s-Hertogenbosch
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Rabobank Kunstcollectie, Utrecht
Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers, Amsterdam
Triodos Bank, Zeist
Woont en werkt in Oostelbeers
www.marcmulders.com
Solotentoonstellingen – selectie
1991 • Marc Mulders, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
• Marc Mulders, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
• Marc Mulders, Galerie Wittenbrink, München [ de ]
1993 Marc Mulders, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1997 Marc Mulders, Galerie Daniel Templon, Parijs [ fr ]
1999 • Splinters and Grass, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York [ us ]
• Marc Mulders, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
2003 Galerie Brennecke, Berlijn [ de ]
2006 De zachte vacht van het sterven, met Sarah Lucas, Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen, Haarlem
2008 Mapping Out Paradise, met Claudy Jongstra, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
• Lost for Faith/returned for beauty, Marres center for contemporary art Maastricht
2013 The Moonlight Garden, Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2014 • Vensters, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort
2018 Bloem en dier, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Nieuwe schilderijen, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam
Groepstentoonstellingen – selectie
1986 Prix de Rome 1985, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
1987 Een grote activiteit. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990 Gemengd bedrijf. Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
1992 De Opening, De Pont Museum, Tilburg.
1994 Idea Europa, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena [ it ] en Museo Civico, Padua [ it ]
1995 Couplet V: dansende meisjes, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1997 Dutch light, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York [ us ]
1998 NL, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2000 • SO by Alexander van Slobbe, spring collection 2001, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Parijs [ fr ]
• Collection 2001, SO by Alexander van Slobbe, Flagstore, Tokio [ jp ]
2003 • Gogh Modern. Van Gogh en de hedendaagse kunst, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Nederland niet Nederland, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2018. • WeerZien, De Pont Museum, Tilburg
2019 • Vrijheid, De 50 Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968. Museum de Fundatie Zwolle.
Glas in loodramen – selectie
2004 Een tuin van glas, t.g.v. het 25-jarig regeringsjubileum van koningin Beatrix, De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
2006 • Apokalypse, Museum Catharijne Convent, Utrecht
• Het Laatste Oordeel, Sint-Janskathedraal, ’s-Hertogenbosch
2007 Amor Proximi, Oranjefonds, Utrecht
2013 Sterrenhemel, Grafkapel Van Abbe, Waalre
2016 Erasmusraam, De Grote Kerk, Gouda
Prijzen
1985 Prix de Rome basisprijs
1989 Charlotte Köhlerprijs
1997 NBM-Amstelland/Pulchri-prijs
2006 Glas-in-loodraam Een tuin van glas in de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam
2017 • Kunstenaar van het jaar, Stichting Kunstweek
• De provinciepenning van Noord-Brabant, Ereburgerschap van de provincie
Bibliografie – selectie
• W. Beeren, ‘Marc Mulders’ in Een grote activiteit (Amsterdam: catalogus Stedelijk Museum, 1987).
• J. Guldemond, ‘Marc Mulders’ in Zes projecten (Eindhoven: catalogus Van Abbemuseum, 1994)
• L. Heyting, Een tuin van glas. Herdenkingsraam zilveren regeringsjubileum koningin Beatrix (Amsterdam: Nieuwe Kerk, 2005).
• H. den Hartog Jager, Dit is Nederland in tachtig meesterwerken (Amsterdam: Atheneum-Polak, 2008).
• J. Goedegebuure, ‘Pulserende vitaliteit, over het vroege werk van Marc Mulders (Lecturis, 2013).
• A. Leclaire, ‘Marc Mulders: de monnik’ in Vrij Nederland, 3 augustus 2013.
• J. Benschop, ‘Het buitenatelier. Marc Mulders’ in Zout in de Wond. Kunstenaars in
Europa (Amsterdam: Van Oorschot, 2016).
. H. den Hartog Jager, Marc Mulders, 'Het Laatste Oordeel' in VRIJHEID De 50 Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968.( Amsterdam: . Atheneum-Polak, 2019).
Werk in collecties van musea – selectie;
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Stedelijk museum Amsterdam
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Haags Gemeentemuseum
De Pont Museum, Tilburg
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam,
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Museum Gouda, Gouda
Museum Jan Cunen, Oss
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar
Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden
Het Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Werk in openbare collecties – selectie;
ABN AMRO-kunstcollectie, Amsterdam
KPN Kunstcollectie, Den Haag
Van Lanschot Kempen Kunstcollectie, ’s-Hertogenbosch
De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
Rabobank Kunstcollectie, Utrecht
Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers, Amsterdam
Triodos Bank, Zeist
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