New Hague School (visual arts)
The New Hague School (Dutch Nieuwe Haagse School) is a movement in the fine arts of the fifties and sixties of the 20th century. It opposed the Cobra avant-garde movement and found its inspiration in 17th-century art and the experiences of the Barbizon School and the resulting Hague School. History. Immediately after the Second World War The Hague artists came up with their own renewal in painting in addition to the experimental Cobra movement. In 1949 came the first Posthoorn-group, named after the bodega and art gallery named De Posthoorn. The group  disbanded in 1962. In 1951 came the group Verve, or Hague Verve, which focused on The Hague interpretation of the innovations in the School of Paris in modern figurative art. The group ceased to exist in 1957. As a loose continuation of Verve, the group Fugare was founded in 1960, with an emphasis on non-figurative art. This group existed until 1967. In 1947 in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag held an exhibition for artists from The Hague, entitled "Haagse Kunstenaars" (The Hague Artists). This exhibition concept was repeated another eight times, until 1959. Most of the participants were either part  of the Verve group, the Fugare group, and/or the Posthoorn-group. These groups were considered to be the main part of the New Hague School. This term was first used by Jos de Gruyter (1899–1979), chief curator of modern art at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and later director. Participants. The Verve group. The painters: And the sculptors: Artists, that later joined the group: Contemporaries. Some of contemporary artists, which can be considered part of the New Hague School, but didn't joined Verve, Fugare and the Posthoorn-group, such as: Furthermore, also some of the contemporaries, who exhibited at the  art gallery "De Posthoorn," such as: