Immediately after the Second World WarThe 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". 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, chief curator of modern art at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and later director.
Participants
Artists from the Posthoorn-group
Johan van den Berg, Jos van den Berg, Theo Bitter, Karel Bleijenberg, Kees van Bohemen, Carolien Boudijn, Amélie de Bourbon, Wil Bouthoorn, Dirk Bus, Jan Cremer, Gerard Fieret, Lotti van der Gaag, Willem Hussem, Nol Kroes, Joop Kropff, Paul Kromjong, George Lampe, Hans van der Lek, Will Leewens, Ber Mengels, Theo van der Nahmer, Jaap Nanninga, Jan Olyslager, Thijs Overmans, Jan Roëde, Marianne de Ruiter, Willem Schrofer, Wim Sinemus, Ferry Slebe, Arnold Smith, Meike Sund, Gerard Verdijk, Aat Verhoog, Joop Vreugdenhil, Karel Wiggers, Frans de Wit, Aart van den IJssel
Kees Andrea, Hannie Bal, Herman Berserik, Theo Bitter, Quirine Collard, Rein Draijer, Jan van Heel, Nol Kroes, Willem Minderman, Henk Munnik, Rinus van der Neut, Willem Schrofer, Ferry Slebe, Frans Vollmer, Co Westerik en Frans de Wit.
And the sculptors:
Hubert Bekman, Dirk Bus, Theo van der Nahmer, Rudi Rooijackers en Bram Roth.
Artists, that later joined the group:
Wil Bouthoorn, George Lampe, Christiaan de Moor en Aart van den IJssel.
The Fugare group
Theo Bitter, Harry Disberg, Jan van Heel, Willem Hussem, Nol Kroes, Joop Kropff, George Lampe, Christiaan de Moor, Theo van der Nahmer, Jaap Nanninga, Wim Sinemus, Gerard Verdijk, Frans de Wit and Aart van den IJssel.
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:
Johan van den Berg, Karel Beijenberg, Thaddeus van Eijsden, Jan Goeting, Hens de Jong, Jan Kuiper, Thijs Overmans, Harry Verburg, Karel Wiggers and Ans Wortel.
