Grafkapel van de familie Van Abbe
The Grafkapel van de familie Van Abbe is a private family mausoleum in Eindhoven, linking industrial success with modern art and family memory. Henri van Abbe moved his cigar factory to Gestel, where Karel I cigars supported around 2,500 workers before the Second World War.
Henri also collected works by Jan Sluijters and Kees van Dongen, then opened the Van Abbemuseum in 1936 and gave his collection to Eindhoven. He died in 1940, aged sixty, and rests here alongside descendants including sculptor Olly de Vries van Abbe.
Olly helped preserve the museum when demolition threatened it in the 1990s, while her sculptures appeared in public spaces and churches across the Netherlands. This quiet chapel therefore connects one family to Eindhoven’s factories, galleries and memorials.
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