Museum Collection

Holstebro Kunstmuseum collects Danish and international art from the 1930s until today and traditional art from several continents. In that way, the collection of Holstebro Kunstmuseum presents art as a universal phenomenon.

The museum collects relatively few artists who, on the other hand, are usually represented by a large number of works.

Not all the artists in the museum collection are exhibited. See the present display.

Complete list of the artists and works of art in the museum collection can be found in Kunstindeks Danmark (KID) & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. 

Below, the artists in the museum collection are grouped (an artist can be represented in more than one group):

Pre-Modern Art
       Goya, Francisco (1746-1828), prints ("Los Caprichos")
 

Classic Modernism, International
       Matisse, Henri (1869-1954), prints ("Jazz")
       Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), prints ("La Célestine", sheets from "Suite Vollard")
       Chagall, Marc (1887-1985), prints (sheets from "Dead Souls" og "Bible I-II")
       Hamada, Sohji (1894-1978), ceramics
       Giacometti, Alberto (1901-1996), prints ("Paris sans fin")
       Bacon, Francis (1909-1992), prints ("Triptykon 1983")
 
Classic Modernism, Danish
       Noack, Astrid (1888-1954), sculptures, drawings
       Jensen, Viggo (1886-1973), paintings, drawings
       Leth, Harald (1899-1986), paintings, drawings
       Hartz, Lauritz (1903-1987), paintings, drawings
       Thommesen, Anna (1908-2004), tapestries, drawings
       Vasegaard, Gertrud (1913-2007), ceramics 
       Eriksen, Gutte (1918-2008), ceramics
 

Abstract-Surrealism and Cobra
       Heerup, Henry (1907-1993), paintings, (junk)sculptures, prints, drawings
       Bille, Ejler (1910-2004), paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings
       Ferlov Mancoba, Sonja (1911-1984), sculptures, prints, drawings
       Thommesen, Erik (1916-2008), sculptures, prints, drawings
 
'Martsudstillingen'
       Jensen, Viggo (1886-1973), paintings, drawings
       Leth, Harald (1899-1986), paintings, drawings
       Hartz, Lauritz (1903-1987), paintings, drawings
       Thommesen, Anna (1908-2004), tapestries, drawings
       Bille, Ejler (1910-2004), paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings
       Vasegaard, Gertrud (1913-2007), ceramics 
       Thommesen, Erik (1916-2008), sculptures, prints, drawings
       Mertz, Albert (1920-1990), paintings, objects, works on paper
 

Concrete, Pop and Conceptual Art
       Mertz, Albert (1920-1990), paintings, objects, works on paper
       Weiner, Lawrence (b. 1942), works on paper
 

Contemporary Art, Tradition-bound
       Munch-Petersen, Ursula (b.1937), ceramics
       Olsen, John (b. 1938), works on paper, sculpture, Cabinet of Wonder
       Christensen, Kirsten (b. 1943), ceramics 
       Westman, Inge Lise (b. 1945), paintings, prints, sculptures and object  
       Klein, Kirsten (b. 1945), photos 
       Sejrbo Nielsen, Hanne (b. 1950), drawings
       Nielsen, Lisbeth (b. 1952), sculptures
 

Contemporary Art, Late-Modern
       Sivertsen, Jan (b. 1951), painting, prints, drawings
       Bødker, Lene (b. 1958), glass
       Skjøttgaard, Bente (b. 1961), ceramics
       Lake, Pipaluk (b. 1962), glass 
       Andersen, Martin Erik (b. 1964), installation, objects, works on paper
       Tal R (b. 1967), paintings, tapestry, prints, sculptures
       Sørensen, Anna (b. 1968), paintings, ceramics
       Meese, Jonathan (b. 1970), paintings
       Møhl, Tobias (b. 1970), glass
       Dr. Lakra (b. 1972), objeckt, work on paper, murals
       Peter Linde Busk (b. 1973), paintings, prints
 

Non-Western Collections
       African Traditional Art, The Collection of Poul Holm Olsen 
       Balinese Traditional Art, The Collection of Ejler Bille & Agnete Therkildsen
       Pre-Columbian Ceramics, The Collection of Marie & Ole Hammer
       Southeast Asian Ceramics, The Collection of Marie & Ole Hammer
       Tibetian Traditional Art, The Collection of Christian Poulsen