“Life is short, but art is forever” – what a perfect motto to use this week. It is painted onto the wall of the Hall of Honour at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
I took some consolation, just looking at some pictures of landscape artwork I took in Amsterdam recently. I don’t know, but after all the depressing days last week, this calmed me down a little. Just hope, you like the paintings, too.
Winter Landscape, Willem Witsen, 1860-1923The Canal at ‘s-Graveland, Pieter Gerardus van Os, 1818Boat with a Pollard Willow, Matthijs Maris, 1863View of Haarlem from the Northwest with Bleaching Fields in the Front, Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, 1628-1682Woodland Pond at Sunset, Gerard Bilders, c. 1862Light House in Breaking Waves, Hendrik Willem Masdag c. 1900-1907Winter Landscape, Barend Cornelis KoekkoekOn the Heath near Laren, Anton Mauve, 1887Morning ride along the Beach, Anton Mauve, 1876
Favorites are the Pollard Willow and the Lighthouse, like the bold brush strokes, the play of light and shadow. Art is definitely sunshine in dark times. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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And my favourites are the Witsen and the Mauve, the first and last!
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Favorites are the Pollard Willow and the Lighthouse, like the bold brush strokes, the play of light and shadow. Art is definitely sunshine in dark times. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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