Guido de Werd | |
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 Guido de Werd in 2017 | |
| Born | 1948 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | art historian |
Guido de Werd (born 1948) is a Dutch art historian and former director of Museum Kurhaus Kleve in Germany.
De Werd was born in Oss. His father Toon de Werd (1906-1977) was after 1940 curator of Museum Jan Cunen. [1] De Werd studied art history and obtained his master's degree in Nijmegen. In 1972 he started working in the municipal museum in Kleve just across the border as the assistent to Friedrich Gorissen and from 1976 as the artistic director of the museum Haus Koekkoek, located in the former townhouse of Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. Apart from art exhibitions and catalogues he produced publications about art and architectural monuments in Kleve and in its surrounds.
From 1985 onward he pursued the idea of opening of a new art museum in the former spa hotel of Kleve. [2] It would be located in the middle of the baroque landscape gardens set up in the 17th-century by John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen. Cornerstone of the collection would be a large number of works by Ewald Mataré, donated by his daughter Sonja Mataré.
The Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré Sammlung was opened in 1997. More than 50 exhibitions in the following ten years showed the works of internationally known artists such as Jannis Kounellis, Richard Long, Alex Katz, Mark Tansey and Giuseppe Penone. [3] In 2004 the museum was chosen as 'museum of the year 2004' by the International Association of Art Critics.
In 2012 Museum Kurhaus Kleve was expanded with new exhibition rooms and the newly renovated Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bad with the former workshop of Joseph Beuys. For this project the friends of the house had raised significant funds. In 2010 De Werd had retired as CEO of both museums, remaining 'senior curator' of Museum Kurhaus Kleve until 2014. After retiring he received several awards for his outstanding achievements.
Guido de Werd is married to the art historian and art curator Rita Kersting. He lived with his family in Jerusalem from 2012. In 2016 they returned to the Lower Rhine region.
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