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Lectures onSee the famous Vincent van Gogh paintings in Amsterdam, Holland and in the Kröller Müller museum in a new light! Click Kroller Muller tour.
Imagine being the privileged guest of honour at the home of art historian Kees Kaldenbach. While sipping a fragrant cup of coffee or tea, you listen to his personalized (private or small-group) lecture and discussion on the astounding visual wonders that Vincent van Gogh has bestowed upon us.
Afterwards, a short ride by private car or tram takes us to the nearby Vincent van Gogh museum (additional entry fee). In the museum Mr Kaldenbach will point out and explain the visual wonders of Vincent van Gogh's technique; contents, brushstrokes, details, composition, colour.
Thus you will be the beneficiary of tailor made travel.
Lectures in Dutch, English or German ( + translations into Japanese) are given in plain, accessible language.
See the TV programme on Dutch national TV on Kees Kaldenbach as masseur and art historian. NPS Nederland 2, Saturday, November 25 2006. Go to the Dutch programme Vals Plat. Then move the horizontal bar at the bottom to the desired date. The first 2 minutes starts with a clown in a car. Then my 9 minute bit of fame. Audio track in Dutch.
Photo by Dick Martin. He got the 50 points in the quiz above....
It is a rare and unique privilege that the Rijksmuseum has linked from the main Rijksmuseum site to my site. Start at www.rijksmuseum.nl and select Collection, after which you choose Digital Collaboration and the Digital Vermeer House.
Total
time of this Van Gogh tour: about 2 1/2 hours
Lecture at home:1 hour.
Transport to museum: 1/2 hour
Museum: about 1 hour, including perhaps waiting on line
Price: E 45,- per person, including tax, excluding Museum entry.
This lecture is available at times which we mutually agree, 7 days a week.
Minimum: 3 persons. Smaller groups are negotiable.
Maximum: Groups will be limited to 8-9 persons. Price per person is lower in a larger group.
If Drs. Kaldenbach is unavailable for any reason, a high quality substitute will take his place.
Otterlo
Kröller-Müller Museum programme
An additional option is a visit to the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo near Arnhem in the east of the Netherlands with chauffeur driven sightseeing. This museum houses another large collection of astonishing Van Gogh paintings including The Langlois Bridge and Wheatfield with a Reaper and other works by his contemporaries and modern artists.
The Kröller-Müller Museum is located in an amazing secluded nature park near Arnhem in the east of The Netherlands and cannot be conveniently reached by public transport.
You will either be driven in the car of Mr. Kaldenbach, seating up to 3 to 4 passengers) or in a minibus (seating 4 up to 8 passengers).
The minibus will probably be driven by Mr Hans Noltes of www.hollandexploringtours.nl / Hollandtherideway. Mr Noltes is both a geography teacher and a qualified taxi driver. During the ride he will be able to tell you fascinating details about landscape and human habitation.
At the Kröller-Müller Museum, Mr. Kaldenbach will give no museum lecture but he will provide some subdued pointers on ways of seeing and understanding paintings. Preparatory lecture time is about 1 hour. Travel time to be calculated - about 1 1/2 hours in perfect traffic. Kröller-Müller Museum visit time about 1 to 2 hours. A visit to the famous secluded sculpture garden outside the building is optional.
Prices upon request.
If a ride to Otterlo is requested mr Kaldenbach is able to fit 3 persons in his private car. This car is not an official taxi service. His clients are requested to sign a legal waiver.
You may also arrange this VIP treatment for business contacts or friends. This cultural organisation office will take care of a memorable experience.
About Art Historian Drs. Kees Kaldenbach
Drs. Kees Kaldenbach has been featured in television and radio documentaries, including BBC2 TV, NTV Japan, Danish TV and Radio Netherlands World Service. In July 2004 he was interviewed by Tetsuya Tsuruhara for the leading Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun. In 2004 and 2005 he acted in an advisory role to additional BBC teams. Kaldenbach has written extensively on Vincent van Gogh and 17th century Delft.
It is a rare and unique privilege that the Rijksmuseum has linked from the main Rijksmuseum site to my site. Start at www.rijksmuseum.nl and select Collection, after which you choose Digital Collaboration and the Digital Vermeer House.
Further information is available on his web site: www.johannesvermeer.info
Drs. Kaldenbach is chairman of the Circle of Academic Tour Guides of the Netherlands and Flanders (CATON)
If you wish, Drs. Kees Kaldenbach is your private "scholar-lecturer on culture tours".*
*Martha Gellhorn, Travels with Myself and another, page 182.
Map of Haarlemmermeerstraat, Amsterdam. Please note this tricky situation: there is another street in town that sounds almost the same: Haarlemmerstraat. You need to go to my street, Haarlemmermeerstraat. Take tram 2 to Hoofddorpplein square or tram 1 to Suriname plein square.
Contact information:
Drs. Kees Kaldenbach kalden@xs4all.nl
Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs
1058 JS Amsterdam
The Netherlands
telephone 020 - 669 8119 (from abroad NL +20 - 669 8119)
cell phone 06 - 2868 9775 (from abroad NL +6 - 2868 9775)
How to get there (after your booking confirmation!):
- by car: ring road exit S 106 towards the centre, then 1st to the right (paid parking)
- by trams 1 and 17; exit at Surinameplein
- by tram 2; exit Hoofddorpplein.
From the museum square it takes a 10-minute tram ride.
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Drs. Kees Kaldenbach, art historian and Vermeer specialist, kalden@xs4all.nl Haarlemmermeerstraat 83hs, 1058 JS Amsterdam (near Surinameplein, ring road exit s106, streetcar tram 1 and 17).
Telephone 020 669 8119; cell phone 06 - 2868 9775.
Open seven days a week.
Member of VVV Amsterdam Tourist office and the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
Write to art historian Drs. Kees Kaldenbach.
This page forms part of the 2000+ item Vermeer web site at www.xs4all.nl/~kalden
Launched August 21, 2004. Updated March 29, 2006.
See also English Vermeer lectures and tours
Dutch / Nederlandse Vermeer tours.
See also www.simplyamsterdam.nl
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