Museum MORE is a Dutch

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

Gorssel Gorssel is a village in the municipality of Lochem, province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of the city centre of Deventer, Overijssel. In 2015, it had a population of 4,043. The microbiologist and botanis ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. Museum MORE is dedicated to Dutch

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(the name is an abbreviation of MOdern REalism). It is located in the former town hall of Gorssel, which was expanded for that purpose with seven exhibition spaces. The extension was designed by Dutch architect Hans van Heeswijk. Less than a year after the opening of the public on 2 June 2015, the museum was able to welcome its 100.000th visitor A second branch of Museum MORE, in Ruurlo Castle in the municipality of Gelderland

Berkelland Berkelland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the merger of the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. The new municipalit ...

, was opened on June 23, 2017, by

Pieter van Vollenhoven Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. (born 30 April 1939) is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member, by marriage, of the Dutch royal house. Early life and career Van Vollenhoven was born in Schiedam, he is the second son of Pi ...

. In this castle one can find the collection

Carel Willink Albert Carel Willink (; 7 March 1900 – 19 October 1983) was a Dutch painter. He followed a style of Magical realism, which he called "imaginary realism". Early life and education Albert Carel Willink was born on 7 March 1900 in Amsterda ...

/ Fong Leng.

Collection

The

Hans Melchers Hans Daniel Melchers (18 May 1938 – 4 November 2023) was a Dutch businessman. Melchers founded Melchemie Holland BV, and was major (15%) shareholder in HAL Investments BV. With a total capital of €460 million, Melchers reached a 36th spot i ...

collection is housed in Museum MORE and consists of a large number of works by Dutch modern-realistic artists, especially painters. Melchers acquired a large part of the collection by purchasing the '' DS Art Collection '' from the estate of the

DSB Bank DSB Bank (''DSB: Dirk Scheringa Beheer'') was a Dutch bank and insurer that failed in 2009. Its loans were managed under ''Quion'' from June 2013 until June 2016 when ''Finqus'' began operating as the former DSB Bank. In 2018 ''Finqus BV'' took o ...

after this bank had gone bankrupt. The collection consists of works by, among others, Carel Willink, Jan Mankes,

Pyke Koch Pieter Frans Christiaan Koch, better known as Pyke Koch (July 15, 1901October 27, 1991), was a Dutch artist who painted in a magic realist manner. Pyke Koch and the painter Carel Willink are considered to be the foremost representatives in the ...

Dick Ket Dick Ket (October 10, 1902 – September 15, 1940) was a Dutch painter noted for his still lifes and self-portraits in a style he referred to as New Realism. Biography Born in Den Helder, Ket spent his childhood in Hoorn and then Ede, Nether ...

, Raoul Hynckes, Wim Schuhmacher,

Charley Toorop Annie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop (24 March 18915 November 1955), known as Charley Toorop (), was a Dutch painter and lithographer. Life Charley Toorop was born in Katwijk. She was the daughter of Jan Toorop and Annie Hall. She married the ...

, Jan Beutener,

Co Westerik Jacobus "Co" Westerik (2 March 1924 – 10 September 2018) was a Dutch visual artist. Life and work Born in The Hague on 2 March 1924, Westerik received his education at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague from 1942 to 1947. After his graduati ...

, Barend Blankert, Philip Akkerman,

Erwin Olaf Erwin Olaf Springveld (2 July 1959 – 20 September 2023), professionally known as Erwin Olaf, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum. ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine described his work as straddling "the worlds of commercial, art and fashio ...

and Annemarie Busschers .Collection Museum MORE
/ref> Museum MORE - entree (panorama).jpg, Museum, entrance Ket Stilleven met viool (1932).jpg, ''Still life with violin''
(

) Knibbeler Ortus.jpg, ''Ortus''
( Miriam Knibbeler) Mankes Kruikje met judaspenning (1915).jpg, ''Kruikje met judaspenning''
(Jan Mankes) MoreGorssel2021.jpg, Museum building

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