Scheringa Museum of Realist Art, Art museum in Spanbroek, Netherlands
The Scheringa Museum of Realist Art was an art museum in Opmeer, a small town in the Dutch province of North Holland, and held around 500 works from the 20th century and contemporary period. The collection focused on realistic painting and was displayed in a building constructed specifically for that purpose.
The museum opened in 1997 under a different name and was renamed in 2005 to reflect its focus on realist art. It closed in 2009 after the organization that funded it ran into financial difficulties.
The collection brought together realist painters from the Netherlands and from other countries, all sharing a focus on close observation of the visible world. Visitors could compare how artists from different places and periods approached everyday scenes and portraits in similar ways.
The museum has been closed since 2009 and is no longer open to visitors. Those interested in realist painting can find similar works in other museums across North Holland.
During its years of operation, two valuable paintings were stolen from the museum by thieves. An art detective spent years tracking them down and eventually managed to recover both works.
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