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26Mar 2023 by kike_K No Comments

Gerrit Dou

Painting

To each his own style. The great Dutch master Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) was fond of the strictest order and cleanliness. He was capable of repeating an entire painting if a little dust or dirt was attached to the canvas. We know that only a few volunteers wanted to pose for such a perfectionist painter, the work sessions were endless and exhausting (the painting of a single hand could last a week). I have meet people like him. It is to Dou’s credit to have been the first pupil of an artist called Rembrandt. He also taught some outstanding painters such as Frans van Mieris and Gabriël Metsu. Within the Dutch school of painting, it seems difficult to find a painter who can compare to him, with his charm and quality.…

David Roberts

Painting

David Roberts, the Scottish watercolourist and engraver/etcher (1796-1864), was a tireless traveller who set a trend and who magnificently portrayed the ancient Egypt with its ruins just before the looting perpetrated by the crowds of archaeologists and tourists. Nowadays we are aware that he added non-exiting details or sites on purpose; he invented the shades or tampered with the scale by placing some tiny Bedouins next to the temples or close to the statues. Nevertheless, his works have undoubtedly an inestimable documentary value and are still reminiscent of the ancient times. In the 1832-33 period he also travelled through Spain and made that ‘grand tour’ that led so many romantic artists to Andalusia and Morocco.

Maynard Dixon

Painting

Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) was one of those North-American painters who travelled the Deserts of both Arizona and Mexico in search of light and colour. At the same time, he was attracted by former American peoples’ art forms which he contributed to spread and promote. While the Great Depression came along, he left aside his beautiful landscapes with those scorched sunburnt rocks to depict the dramatic lives of those roaming all over the country, escaping poverty, uprooted. Apart from his country, the United States of America, this artist is little known. Anyway, we know that he used to paint dressed as a cowboy.