Veenkoloniaal Museum

De Letse ploeg

From 13:00 to 17:00 from 27 September 2026 until 29 March 2027

Exhibition

Kunstwerken uit Tukums (Letland) worden getoond in het Veenkoloniaal Museum.

Ontdekking

Het Tukums Museum (Tukuma muzejs), opgericht in 1935, was het eerste kunstmuseum buiten Riga en bezit een van de belangrijkste collecties Letse kunst uit de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw. Tijdens een bezoek in 2016 ontdekte het Veenkoloniaal Museum te Veendam de omvang en kwaliteit van de collectie die in Tukums in depot wordt bewaard: een unieke verzameling die de periode van de jaren twintig tot de jaren zeventig omvat.

Eigen nationale cultuur

Rond 1900 ontstond in Letland een bewust streven naar een eigen nationale cultuur, los van Duitse en Russische invloeden. De kunstenaars in Tukums waren pioniers op het platteland en braken met de traditionele academische schilderkunst. In hun kleurgebruik en expressieve stijl zijn duidelijke parallellen te zien met De Groninger Ploeg, en een deel van de kunstenaars werkte – net als sommige Ploegleden – onder invloed van het Duitse expressionisme van Die Brücke.

Kunstuitwisseling

Na verschillende gesprekken besloten beide musea tot een kunstuitwisseling. Het is voor het eerst sinds 1992 dat werken uit Tukums buiten Letland worden getoond. Tijdens de uitwisseling reizen werken uit het depot van het Veenkoloniaal Museum naar Tukums, terwijl een selectie Letse werken naar Veendam komt.

Nieuw leven

Door de coronaperiode verwaterde het contact tijdelijk, maar in 2024 werd de samenwerking nieuw leven ingeblazen. Voor het Veenkoloniaal Museum vormt deze tentoonstelling tevens een bekroning van het langdurige werk dat directeur Hendrik Andries Hachmer sinds 2004 samen met musea in Letland heeft opgebouwd.

Visitor information

Access

Included in the museum ticket.

Netherlands Museum Pass valid

Date

From 13:00 to 17:00 from 27 September 2026 until 29 March 2027

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Location

Veenkoloniaal Museum

Museumplein 5
9641 AD Veendam
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0598 - 36 42 24

Open today until 17:00

Opening hours next week
Day Opening hours
Tue (Bevrijdingsdag ) Closed
Wed - Fri 10:00 - 17:00
Sat - Sun 13:00 - 17:00
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