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Art is like Wine

Let's have a look at several paintings with wine as a subject. Do you recognize them all? And are you able to place them in a historical order? Below you will find some details and an hist...

Expressive & Naive Dirk Breed

Dirk Breed (Kolhorn 1920 – 2004) was a resilient artist despite the small handicap of a stiff leg. During World War II, he studied under Thijs Sterk in Bergen. In 1946, he began his education ...

The Pursuit for Color by Hillenius

Jaap Hillenius (1934-1999) style is often described as a personal variant of nineteenth-century Impressionism, with Manet and Seurat being his major influences. These techniques inspired his painti...

Lumunist Emile Claus

Emile Claus (Sint-Eloois-Vijve 1849 – 1924 Astene) was The representative of Impressionism in Belgium. Between 1869 and 1874, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp under land...

Divisionistic George Morren

Belgian artist George Morren (Ekeren 1868-1941 Brussels) was the son of a grain merchant and received his first painting lessons in Antwerp from Emile Claus. He fled the conformist teaching system...

Romantic Neuhuys

Albert Neuhuys (Utrecht 1844-1914 Locarno) had a significant influence on the Laren School, particularly in portraying the rural interiors of the Gooi region. He, alongside Jozef Isra...

Futurist Schmalzigaug

Jules Schmalzigaug (Antwerp 1882 -1917 The Hague) was a Belgian painter and draftsman of Jewish German descent. Schmalzigaug was one of the first Belgian avant-garde artists to emerge within Itali...

Theorist Vantongerloo

Georges Vantongerloo (Antwerp 1886-1965 Paris) is internationally recognized as Belgium's foremost abstract artist and theorist. Despite his significant influence on the development of 20th-centur...