Shop
On request from the owner of the coal mine, Emile Caselli (1873 - 1961),
31 prominent and praiseworthy men from Limburg were immortalised,
in 1924, by the very talented Limburg-Brabant painter Jan Kruysen
(1874 - 1938) on the marl walls of a large museum hall, carved out for this
purpose. This gave rise to an impressive series of Limburgers; from
days gone by, indeed, but the names have not yet lost their wellknown ring. Later Jan Kruysen also painted the portrait of Emile Caselli.
The picture of Emile's son-in-law, J.H. Wijsbeek (1880 - 1965)
is also hanging up.
Op zoek naar het zwarte goud
72 pages with more than
50 black and white photographs on:
- The history of mining;
- Coal exploitation in the Netherlands.
De Jan Kruysen Galerij
These are collected in this booklet, to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the Valkenburg Coal Mine. The Valkenburg Coal Mine has been the only underground mining museum in the Netherlands since 1917, together with its carbon and marl fossil museum, Middle Age council chamber, Goat rider gallery, restaurant and the Jan Kruysen Gallery with its 33 great Limburg men and their biographies.
Price 6,25 euro excl. post and packaging
