Collections

The ABN AMRO collection
The ABN AMRO art collection in the Netherlands was initiated in 1977 by Managing Board member Jan Roelof van den Brink, himself a talented water colourist. After many years of active accumulation, it now is one of the oldest and largest corporate collections in the Netherlands. At present, the ABN AMRO collection consists of about 5,000 original works - paintings, drawings and sculpture - and several thousands sheets of graphic art, as well as a small number of photographs and videos.

Banco Real Collection
Banco Real has a collection of some 1,000 works of art. The main focus is on Brazilian modern art of the past 60 years, but it also contains a number of antique maps and a small collection of folk art. It includes works by renowned artists such as Tomie Othake, Flavio-Shiró Tanaka, Arcangelo Ianelli, Iberê Camargo, Lívio Abramo and Antônio Henrique Amaral.

NSM/Vie Collection
Since its establishment in 1990, NSM/Vie, ABN AMRO's life insurance company in France, has defined its identity partly thanks to its collection of photographs inspired by the themes of youth and the family.

Publications of the ABN AMRO Art Department:

• A collection. Selected works from the collection of the Amro Bank, 1988
• De Amro Bank collectie. Een keuze. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1989
• A collection. Selected works from the collection of the ABN AMRO Bank, 1995
• The many faces of the bank, 1998
• A collection. Selected works from the collection of the ABN AMRO Bank, 2002
• Fahrettin Örenli. A tourist in life, 2004 (ABN AMRO Art Award)
• Eylem Aladogan. Realms, 2005 (ABN AMRO Art Award)
• Reflectie. Een keuze uit de ABN AMRO Kunstcollectie. Klooster Ter Apel, 2006
• Ryan Gander. Pure Associations, 2006 (ABN AMRO Art Award)
• Melissa Gordon. Nicely dry, 2007 (ABN AMRO Art Award)