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