admired their brother's talent and had named the Foundation as heir. Over the years, the Foundation made various attempts to have Gerrit's work put on permanent display, first in the Groninger Museum and later in the Singer Museum in Laren, but these never resulted in more than a temporary exhibition. In 1972 the Foundation was able to purchase the Fraeylemaborg castle. A separate Foundation, to which the Gerrit van Houten Foundation belonged, was set up to administer this. Two rooms in the castle were made available for the works belonging to the Gerrit van Houten Foundation. A day nursery is currently situated in the house where Gerrit van Houten was born. The office of the former timber merchants is now the meeting room of the Gerrit van Houten Foundation, which still owns the oil paintings, drawings and watercolours of Gerrit van Houten. The Foundation tries to bring the work of Gerrit van Houten to the attention of the public by exhibiting selections of his work in the Fraeylemaborg and by making the collection available for museum exhibitions. In 2006 the Foundation established the Gerrit van Houten Prize, which is awarded once every five years. The aim of the prize is twofold: to bring the work of Gerrit van Houten to the attention of the public and to stimulate contemporary artists. References Notes Bibliography I.G.R. Koops-Stange, ed. Gerrit van Houten 1866-1934 (Groningen 1991) Dutch Wikipedia page Biography (in Dutch) at nga.nu External links Van Houten's works at the Gerrit van Houten Foundation (Dutch) 1866 births 1934 deaths Hague School 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from Groningen 20th-century Dutch painters Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 19th-century Dutch male artists 20th-century Dutch male artists