The gallery was founded in Haarlem and moved to Amsterdam in 1960.
[1] The gallery was founded in November 1956 in Haarlem by Eva Bendien (1921-2000) and Polly Chapon-Meure, wife of the sculptor and glazier Jules Chapon (1914-2007).
The gallery, which was started in Chapon's studio at Klein Heiligland 36, was soon seen as groundbreaking.
[2][3] The opening exhibition in November 1956 featured work by Karel Appel, Corneille, Wessel Couzijn, Emilio Scanvio, Serge Vandercam and Theo Wolvecamp.
[4][5][6] The following year in April 1957, Karel Appel had a solo exhibition, which was opened by Harry Mullisch.