Friends
The three circles of friends
Circle Veldhoen
This Circle is named after the prolific Dutch artist Aat Veldhoen (1934-2018, https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aat_Veldhoen): the idiosyncratic Veldhoen shared his art with anyone who was willing to listen, view and buy through what he called “popular printmaking”. His commitment to this is legendary, and to demonstrate it, for years he rode around with his cargo bike through Amsterdam, selling his work starting at a price of 3 guilders (about € 1,50) each.
With a donation of €15 per year, you can become a Velhoen Friend.
Circle Toorop
This Circle is named after Jan Toorop (1858-1928, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Toorop) and his artist daughter Charley Toorop (1891-1955, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Toorop): Jan Toorop put Art Nouveau on the map in the Netherlands especially through his very imaginative lithographs. Charley Toorop also used this technique, and developed her own strong visual language being one of the most important Dutch female artists.
With a donation of €50 or more per year, you can become a Toorop Friend.
Circle Helene
This Circle is named after Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Kröller-Müller, one of the most important art collectors and benefactors the Netherlands has ever had. She bequeathed the world’s second largest Van Gogh collection to the Netherlands and founded one of the first museums for modern art in 1938, named after her ( https://krollermuller.nl). She is an inspiration to every enthusiastic collector who wants to leave a personal mark, which includes those that collect prints, old, modern, as well as contemporary ones.
With a donation of €100 up to €1000 or more per year, you can become a Helene Friend.
You can meet our Friends on the Dutch Vriendenpagina.
Circle Segers
This Circle is named after Hercules Seghers (1589/1590-1638, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Seghers, though known as Seghers, he wrote his name as Segers). Seghers was both a painter and a printmaker, but he is best known for his inventive intaglio prints. He experimented with all aspects of the process of creating a print, invented his own way of color printing and incorporated the marks of the etching into the print. Rembrandt was a big admirer and actually reused at least one of his plates in his own work.
Organizations willing to become a special Friend of Grafein are invited to contact us for more information.