Jan Schoonhoven (b. 1914, Delft, The Netherlands, d. 1994, Delft) is recognized for his extensive and systematic investigations into light, form, and volume through his sculptural wall reliefs and works on paper. Schoonhoven's work has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague (1967); the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1968, 1972, and 1973); the Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (1972); the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, and the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (1985–86); the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, and the Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (1995-96); Situation Kunst, Bochum, Germany, Museum Prinsenhof Delft and Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands (2015); and the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio (2016). Public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Kunsthaus Zürich; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Tate Gallery, London; and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
