The Hoge Hil

Name: Highest dune in Domburg and Piet Mondrian
Address: De Hoge Hil, Domburg

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With the help of historical material and walking or cycling routes you can now literally follow in the footsteps of Mondrian. Discover how he traveled to the countryside to paint landscapes, how the Zeeland light and Brabant farms inspired him, how he was interested in music and dancing, which friends he made and which places he liked to visit.

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The website was developed by the Gifted Art Foundation. The Gifted Art Foundation is a Dutch foundation that supports cultural projects in the field of 19th and 20th century Dutch art and aims to bring art closer to the public: the Mondriaan Route propagates this. It is the second project that the foundation itself has initiated. Previously, they developed Van Gogh Route.

The Mondriaan Route was created in collaboration with the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History. We are still working on the website and are continuing to build on technical components and content. We are therefore very curious about feedback. We would like to hear your experiences via info@mondrianroute.com.

De Hoge Hil, Domburg

I painted en plein air from the highest dune in Domburg.

The Hoge Hil, Domburg’s tallest dune, offers glorious views of the village, the beach, the dunes and the sea. From here, in a few glances, you can see the Zeeland Piet Mondrian painted and drew – the dunes, sea and breakwaters as well as the characteristic architecture, from the Domburg windmill to the Oostkapelle church tower, standing out as vertical elements against the vast landscape.

Gezicht op Domburg / 1895-1900

Sea After Sunset

Mondrian liked coming up here, whether to work or simply to sit and enjoy the view. In the summer of 1909, he painted Sea After Sunset on cardboard en plein air on the Hoge Hil. Mondrian’s friend Albert van den Briel, who visited him for a few weeks that summer, saw him working on the painting as night fell.

Piet Mondrian / Sea after sunset / 1909

Painting on the Hoge Hil

Mondrian also must have painted Seascape, By the Sea, and View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg here on the Hoge Hil that year, using his brushstrokes to achieve a different effect in each work.

Piet Mondrian / Seascape / 1909

Piet Mondrian / By the sea / 1909

Piet Mondrian / View from the dunes with beach and piers, Domburg / 1909

Walk to The Hoge Hil

The Hoge Hil is part of our "By the seaside" route

By the seaside

Piet Mondrian likes to visit Domburg. The dunes, the sea, the bright light, they are all still the same. This walk takes you past the most beautiful places in Domburg and shows the seaside resort as Mondrian saw it.

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