Gallery Mokum was founded in the early 1960’s. The gallery has been a critical site for the viewing of realism in Dutch painting, a position that strengthened the role realism continues to play in the larger Dutch art world.

Realism has always drawn a large public, and Gallery Mokum continues its role as the most identifiable venue for select artists working in this style. The gallery represents more than thirty artists, mainly Dutch. In recent years the gallery has expanded its horizon and now represents a few well known realists from other countries. The broad scope in which these artists define their representational or realistic works of art can vary from still life paintings, portraits or even an expressionistic landscape. As Holland’s oldest gallery, Mokum has the choice of working with the finest artists working in this tradition.