A few days ago I visited the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library), situated close to Den Haag’s Centraal Station. While approaching the building from the south you can see that the two parts of the building’s name have cleverly been magnified as a sort of Continue reading “Schilder-Boeck”
Year: 2016
About starting and finishing a new painting
What for some might be considered the horror of an empty desert, presents the promise of a fertile field for others. Basically unasked for by everyone else, but just as much inevitable for its maker, an artist creates something new out of nothing. Just because he wants to. Continue reading “About starting and finishing a new painting”
Naer de Natuer Courses Program
This autumn we are presenting two special painting courses around Rembrandt en Jan Steen featuring the newly weds Marten Soolmans, Oopjen Coppit and a unknown lady in a boudoir. Continue reading “Naer de Natuer Courses Program”
First time
For my first blog, I can’t help feeling somewhat sentimental over a childhood memory. It actually started earlier this morning, when I was looking at a 17th century map by Nicolaes Visscher. Continue reading “First time”