Street Art 9

20 08 2017

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Street Art 9

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we seek applause on an empty stage…

20 08 2017

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by David Halliday

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Jan Balet 1913-2009

20 08 2017

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Street Art 7

20 08 2017

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Street Art 7by David Halliday

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A fine web of suicide

20 08 2017

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George Hendrik Breitner

20 08 2017

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George Hendrik Breitner.

Breitner saw himself as ‘le peintre du peuple’, the people’s painter. He was the painter of city views par excellence: wooden foundation piles by the harbour, demolition work and construction sites in the old centre, horse trams on the Dam, or canals in the rain. With his nervous brush strokes, he captured the dynamic street life. By 1890, cameras were affordable, and Breitner had a much better instrument to satisfy his ambitions. He became very interested in capturing movement and illumination in the city, and became a master in doing this. It is not impossible that Breitner’s preference for cloudy weather conditions and a greyish and brownish palette resulted from certain limitations of the photographic material.

Breitner also painted female nudes, but just like Rembrandt he was criticized because his nudes were painted too realistically and did not resemble the common ideal of beauty. In his own…

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The world is on fire, but all I can think about is her…

20 08 2017

The world is on fire, but all I can think about is her


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