Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994) 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.
