Domburg

The waves roll in on the Zeeland shore. Sunlight gleams on the water; the sea sparkles; the wind effervesces. This coastline, with the province’s characteristic light, drew artists to the island of Walcheren at the end of the 19th century. 

Piet Mondrian was one of them. On the recommendation of his fellow artist Jan Toorop, he made his first visit to the village of Domburg in September 1908.

He walked on the beach and in the dunes, swam in the sea, drank tea, visited acquaintances, and surely spent a lot of time talking about art. Mondrian liked Domburg and would regularly return in the years that followed. Stimulated by the area’s buildings, nature and people, he would make important leaps forward in his work here.