Museum Herman De Cuyper

About the museum

Sculptor Herman De Cuyper (1904–1992) was born in Blaasveld and trained at the academy in Mechelen. In 1938, thanks to the patronage of Elsa Gevaert, he settled in his newly built studio house on the Mechelsesteenweg. He lived there with his family, between the kitchen garden and the orchard, and in the 1930s he grew into a representative of the animists, the generation of 1900.

Towards the end of the Second World War a V1 bomb destroyed part of his plaster models, but a representative set of sculptures in plaster, stone and wood survived. Around 1974 his daughter Celestina set out to make the extensive oeuvre publicly accessible. In four years, the artist and his children built a museum building of 400 square metres themselves, next to the house.

Since 1984, the year of De Cuyper's eightieth birthday, the museum has been permanently open. The family heritage unit keeps several hundred sculptures, paintings and drawings. The museum also includes the artist's original studio house.

Highlights

• Studio house of the sculptor from 1938
• Modern exhibition space with sculptures and drawings
• Works carved directly in stone and wood
• Themes such as motherhood, child and family
• Free admission for individual visitors

Permanent exhibition

• Sculpturaal en grafisch oeuvre van Herman De Cuyper – Sculptures, drawings and paintings in the museum wing next to the artist's studio house.

Founded

1984

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Individual visitors enter free of charge.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on the Mechelsesteenweg in Blaasveld, about a hundred metres from the provincial road.

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