Een zucht naar meer lucht

Een zucht naar meer lucht tells the often-forgotten story of women who, with brush and palette, expanded their own horizons. While society confined them to small roles and quiet rooms, they painted outdoors, beneath an open sky, helping to shape an art movement that longed for freedom.

Louise Héger captured this yearning powerfully: “J’ai soif d’un grand ciel.” Their thirst for a vast sky was more than a desire for the landscape, it was a silent revolution, a quest for space to breathe and for independence.

The exhibition brings this longing to life through works by Anna Boch, Louise Héger, Euphrosine Beernaert, Marie Collart, Jenny Montigny, and Anna De Weert, enriched with contributions from kindred spirits in Oosterbeek and women’s voices in art from later generations up to today.

Organized by Vrienden van de School van Tervuren (BE) in collaboration with Museum Veluwezoom (NL)

14 November 2025 – 14 December 2025
CC De Warandepoort, Markt 7b, 3080 Tervuren
Tue–Fri: 9 AM–5 PM, Sat: 10 AM–5 PM, closed on Mon/Sun except 14 Dec: 10 AM–5 PM