Jan Schoonhoven

Jan Schoonhoven

Delft, 1914 - Delft, 1994

'R72-5', 1972. Painted papier mâché on wood, 18 x 18 cm. Photo by Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T85-117', 1985. Ink on paper, 65,5 x 50,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T82-38', 1982. Ink on paper, 65,5 x 50,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T75-135', 1975. Ink on paper, 75,5 x 60,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T82-18', 1982. Ink on paper, 65,5 x 50,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'R69-47', 1969. Painted papier mâchée on wood, 104 x 104 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'R69-47', 1969. Painted papier mâchée on wood, 104 x 104 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T79-54', 1979. Ink on paper, 65,5 x 50,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T75-135', 1975. Ink on paper, 75,5 x 60,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'T62-136', 1962. Ink on paper, 65,5 x 50,5 cm. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij. 'R72-5', 1972. Painted papier mâché on wood, 18 x 18 cm. Photo by Gert Jan van Rooij.
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Biography

Jan Schoonhoven (Delft, 1914 - Delft, 1994) is widely known for his extensive and systematic investigations into light, form, and volume through his sculptural wall reliefs and works on paper.

Schoonhoven played a central role in the Nederlandse Informele Groep (Netherlandish Informel Group) and the Nul-groep (Nul Group), the Dutch equivalent of ZERO. Schoonhoven's work was included in various important group exhibitions including Zero-O-Nul at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, in 1964, and Amsterdam, Paris, Düsseldorf at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1972. Furthermore, he participated in documenta 4, Kassel, in 1968, and the IX Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil, in 1967, where he was awarded second prize.

Schoonhoven's work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at museums including the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, in 1967, and the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1968, 1972, and 1973). Major exhibitions of the artist's work have been held in international institutions: in 1972, Jan J. Schoonhoven traveled from the Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany, to the Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, and the Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, the Netherlands; in 1985–86, Jan Schoonhoven Retrospektiv: Tekeningen en reliëfs traveled from the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, to the Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, and finally to the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany; and in 1995–96, Jan J. Schoonhoven – retrospektiv traveled from Museum Folkwang, Essen, to the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, and the Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland.

Exhibitions

From ZERO to 2018

14 Apr - 19 May '18

Jan Schoonhoven Reliefs en tekeningen (Gemeentemuseum, The Hague)

12 Sep '09 - 28 Feb '10

Jan Schoonhoven-retrospektiv (Museum Folkwang, Essen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht and Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau)

3 Sep '95 - 11 Aug '96

Jan Schoonhoven: retrospective (Institut Néerlandais Paris, Musée de Peinture Grenoble)

12 Jan - 7 Jun '88

Jan Schoonhoven, Retrospektiv: Tekeningen en reliefs (Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe)

15 Sep '84 - 10 Mar '85

Jan Schoonhoven (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam)

16 Jun - 1 Jul '84

Contemporary Art from the Netherlands (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames and Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla)

26 Mar '82 - 9 Oct '83

Jan Schoonhoven: Drawings 1940–1975 (Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam and Ulmer Museum, Ulm)

5 Sep '75 - 7 Mar '76

Schoonhoven (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam)

2 Feb - 1 Apr '73

Amsterdam, Paris, Düsseldorf (The Salomon R. Guggenheimmuseum, New York)

6 Oct - 26 Nov '72

Jan J. Schoonhoven (Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Museum Van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe)

1 Mar - 24 Jul '72

Jan Schoonhoven (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven)

8 Nov - 22 Dec '68

Documenta IV

27 Jun - 6 Oct '68

Jan Schoonhoven (Gemeentemuseum, The Hague)

4 Nov - 17 Dec '67
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