Jopie Huismanmuseum

art that resonates from the beginning, jopie huisman’s predominantly realistic work has attracted a broad and extensive public with whom the philosophic power of his art resonates. love of nature, compassion and an eye for the insignificant are key. a visit to the jopie huisman museum is more than worthwhile. the museum has welcomed over two million visitors since its foundation in 1986. jopie huisman has also been called the painter of compassion. over the years, his still-life paintings have, for many, become universal lessons of life: ‘what has been cast out as old rubbish, may change into something that resonates with you. people recognize themselves in my paintings and can identify with them.’ the museum shares jopie’s paradise with the visitor, from his birth as a painter to his heroes and sources of inspiration. he used to say: ‘the world ceases to exist beyond the horizon of workum because, for me, the sky can never be more beautiful than it is here’. workum was his heav