# Ralph Keuning

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**Ralph Keuning** (born 20 December 1961) is a Dutch art historian. He has been director of [Museum de Fundatie](/source/Museum_de_Fundatie) in [Zwolle](/source/Zwolle) since 2007. He resigned with immediate effect in June 2022.[1]

## Career

Keuning studied art history at the [University of Utrecht](/source/Utrecht_University), focusing on the German Dadaist [John Heartfield](/source/John_Heartfield). Keuning served as an assistant at the [Neue Nationalgalerie](/source/Neue_Nationalgalerie) (New National Gallery) and the Print Room in Berlin (1990-1992). After that he worked at the [Kröller-Müller Museum](/source/Kr%C3%B6ller-M%C3%BCller_Museum). He then moved to [Lelystad](/source/Lelystad) to become the first director of the Nieuw Land Erfgoedcentrum (New Land Heritage Centre) in 2004.

Keuning became director of [Museum de Fundatie](/source/Museum_de_Fundatie) in Zwolle, of which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Wijhe/Heino forms part, in 2007. Under his management, the museum's extension was realised. It was designed by [Hubert-Jan Henket](/source/Hubert-Jan_Henket), and opened by [Princess Beatrix](/source/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands) on 31 May 2013. Keuning expanded the collection with works by among others [Jan Fabre](/source/Jan_Fabre), [Marc Chagall](/source/Marc_Chagall), [John Heartfield](/source/John_Heartfield), [Neo Rauch](/source/Neo_Rauch), [Karel Appel](/source/Karel_Appel) and a series of works by [Jan Cremer](/source/Jan_Cremer), including ‘La Guerre Japonaise’. In 2010 he presented the discovery of a painting by Vincent van Gogh, the 'Le Blute fin' mill, after it was researched and authenticated by the [Van Gogh Museum](/source/Van_Gogh_Museum). A still life from the De Fundatie collection was attributed to [Jan Lievens](/source/Jan_Lievens) in 2014, in cooperation with the [Rijksmuseum](/source/Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam.

## Publications

Keuning has published on several artists, including John Heartfield, [George Grosz](/source/George_Grosz), Marte Röling and [Jan Cremer](/source/Jan_Cremer).

## References

1. [Ralph Keuning vertrekt bij Museum de Fundatie](https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/06/08/ralph-keuning-vertrekt-bij-museum-de-fundatie-a4132774) (in Dutch), [NRC](/source/NRC_Handelsblad), 8 June 2022.

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