Kunst zij ons doel

The door on the right with the stairs is the entrance to KZOD.

The drawing room. According to archives, prominent members could sit closest to the model, and other members sat in the back. Some of those sitting on the rear benches in the 20th century were women. Women were allowed to become working members in 1892, and in 1900 women were allowed to participate in the drawing evenings from live model.

Kunst zij ons doel, or KZOD, (English: Art be our aim) is the name of an artists club in the Waag, Haarlem.

History[]

The Society was founded in 1821 as the continuation of the 'Haarlemse Teekenacademie', established in 1772 by Cornelis van Noorde, Tako Hajo Jelgersma, Hendrik de Meijer, , and Paul van Liender in the fundatiehuis set up by Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, who was one of the directors. After Teyler died they moved to the around the corner. That society was started as a drawing academy that was connected to the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. The drawing academy ran into financial difficulties when the guilds were disbanded in 1794. It died entirely when its most fervent leader, Cornelis van Noorde, died in 1795.

His friend and co-director, Wybrand Hendriks, took the initiative to start a new society called the Teekencollegie.^[1] Hendriks was curator of the Teylers Museum, and he took over the inventory of plaster casts from the academie and set up a new educational group, which changed its name in 1809 to "Kunstmin en Vlijt".^[1] In 1820 a few artists left this group and started a new group called "Kunst Zij Ons Doel", and when "Kunstmin en Vlijt" closed down in 1826, this group became the only artist collective in Haarlem.^[1] The group attracted many young members in the first 50 years of its existence. From 1841 KZOD received 200 guilders a year from the Teylers Stichting, when it moved its quarters to the Waag.

The "KZOD" is the oldest professional association of visual artists in the Netherlands still in existence today. Prominent artists who have worked there as members were Andreas Schelfhout, Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman, Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, and the glass artists and . After the First World War the society became less of an educational institution and more of a club. Exhibitions were organized in the Waag, and later in a new exhibition hall in the Frans Hals Museum. Regular exhibitions are now held at the Waag as a sales venue and curious visitors can peek out the windows over the Spaarne and view the scene of many KZOD drawing classes as they view the modern works on sale.

De Groep[]

In 1951 a group of members split off to form a new group, because they felt that younger artists, sculptors and etchers were not well represented. Prominent members of 'De Groep' were: Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman, Jules Chapon, , Poppe Damave (chairman), Edgar Fernhout, , , , Anton Heyboer, , , Bart van der Leck, , Jan Meijer, Hans Mulder, , , Piet Ouborg, , John Rädecker, , , , Wim Schuhmacher, , Wim Steijn, Levinus Tollenaar, Charley Toorop, , and Jan Wiegers^[2][1]

Members[]

Members were and are , , , , , , , , , , Henri Frédéric Boot, Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman, , , , , , Mies Callenfels-Carsten, , , , Poppe Damave, , , , , Henriëtte Dingemans-Numans, , , , Piet van Egmond, , , , , , , , Helena Elisabeth Goudeket, , , , , Claude Guichard, , , , , , Marinus Heijnes, , , Tine Honig, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Gerard Kroone, , Herman Kruyder, , , , Daan de Lange, , Cornelis Lieste, , , , Henriëtte Marcus, , , , , , , Bertha Müller, , , , , , , Pieter Frederik van Os, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom, , , Josef Santen, , , Andreas Schelfhout, Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, , , , , , , , , , Margaretha C. Verheus, , Wouter Verschuur, , Anton Mauve, , , , , Hendrik de Vries, , , , , , , , , , , , Piet Wiegman, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Arnold Janssen, , , , , , , , , , and Elsa Woutersen-van Doesburgh.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Kunst Zij Ons Doel at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website