Wie is evert louwman biography
Wie is evert louwman biography
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The car as art at the Louwman Museum: Dutch museum explores automotive history, culture
Hosting the oldest and most important automotive collection in the Netherlands, the latest iteration of the Louwman Museum was inaugurated July 2, 2010, by Queen Beatrix, no less.
Evert Louwman, scion of the family responsible for importing Dodge and Toyota to Holland since the 1930s, has grown the collection exponentially through the decades, continuing a shrewdly selective accumulation initiated by his father, Piet, in 1934 with a 1914 Dodge.
When deciding on a new facility some years ago, Evert Louwman reinvented the museum concept, starting with the building's architecture, made to emphasize the cars in different ways.
Designed by Princeton, N.J., architect Michael Graves, the woven-pattern brick building in The Hague resembles a coach house with its tall, steeply raked slate-tile roof.
The main lobby has an arched timber ceiling, giving the impression of looking at an upturned Viking