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
       Holm-Møller, Olivia (1875-1970), painting, works on paper, sculptures 
       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 

       Ulrich, Per (1915-1994)
       Eriksen, Gutte (1918-2008), ceramics
       Holm Olsen, Poul (1920-1990), sculptures

Abstract Surrealism & Cobra
       Heerup, Henry (1907-1993), paintings, (junk)sculptures, works on paper
       Bille, Ejler (1910-2004), paintings, sculptures, works on paper
       Ferlov Mancoba, Sonja (1911-1984), sculptures, works on paper
       Thommesen, Erik (1916-2008), sculptures, works on paper
 
The March Exhibition
       Jensen, Viggo (1886-1973), paintings, works on paper
       Leth, Harald (1899-1986), paintings, works on paper
       Åge Vogel Jørgensen (1888-1964), paintings
       Thommesen, Anna (1908-2004), tapestries, works on paper
       Bille, Ejler (1910-2004), paintings, sculptures, works on paper
       Vasegaard, Gertrud (1913-2007), ceramics 
       Thommesen, Erik (1916-2008), sculptures, works on paper
       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 (1942-2021), works on paper
 

Contemporary Art, Tradition-bound & Nature-inspired
       Munch-Petersen, Ursula (b.1937), ceramics
       Olsen, John (1938-2019), works on paper, sculpture, Cabinet of Wonder
       Christensen, Kirsten (b. 1943), ceramics 
       Westman, Inge Lise (b. 1945), paintings, works on paper, sculptures and object  
       Klein, Kirsten (b. 1945), photos 
       Sejrbo Nielsen, Hanne (b. 1950), works on paper
       Nielsen, Lisbeth (b. 1952), sculptures
       Bødker, Lene (b. 1958), glass
       Skjøttgaard, Bente (b. 1961), ceramics
       Lake, Pipaluk (b. 1962), glass 
       Møhl, Tobias (b. 1970), glass
       Hertz, Emil Westman (1978-2016), 

Contemporary Art, Expressiveness & Abstaktion
       Sivertsen, Jan (b. 1951), painting, works on paper
       Sørensen, Anna (b. 1968), paintings, ceramics
 

Contemporary Art, Installation-based
       Andersen, Martin Erik (b. 1964), installation, objects, works on paper
       Dr. Lakra (b. 1972), objeckt, works on paper, murals

Contemporary Art, Neo-Expressive & Neo-Figurative
       Skjøttgaard, Bente (b. 1961), ceramics

       Richter, Daniel (b. 1962)
       Tal R (b. 1967), paintings, tapestry, prints, sculptures
       Meese, Jonathan (b. 1970), paintings
       Peter Linde Busk (b. 1973), paintings, works on paper
 

Non-Western Collections
       African Traditional Art, The Collection of Poul Holm Olsen 
       Balinese Traditional Art, The Collection of Ejler Bille & Agnete Therkildsen
       Mexican Traditional art, The Collection of Per Ulrich
       Pre-Columbian Ceramics, The Collection of Marie & Ole Hammer

       Shipibo and Conibo Pottery, The Collection of Mette Kvist Jørgensen
       Southeast Asian Ceramics, The Collection of Marie & Ole Hammer

       Tibetian Traditional Art, The Collection of Christian Poulsen