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De nachthap van Van Gogh

In september 1888 schilderde Vincent het terras van Café du Forum op het Place du Forum in Arles, een jaar nadat hij zich in de Provence had teruggetrokken in afwachting van zijn vriend Gauguin. Va...

Fingerfood voor het feest van Renoir

Renoir maakte dit impressionistische werk Le Bal du moulin de la Galette is een olieverf op doek van de Franse impressionistische schilder Auguste Renoir, geproduceerd in 1876. De openlucht scène,...

Geer van Velde

Gerard van Velde (Lisse 1898 – Cachan (Fr) 1977) is more famous in France than in the Netherlands. And that is unfair. Geer van Velde is one of the leading artists of the post-war École de Paris. L...

Het belang van een passende lijst - Lyklema Fine Art

The importance of an appropriate frame

A picture frame can make or break a work, yet the importance of the unity of painting and frame has been undervalued for a long time. If possible, we would like to keep the original frame with a pa...

Dumplings met eend van Cotan - Lyklema Fine Art

Dumplings with duck from Cotan

This still life has been carefully composed and all 'items' lie or hang exactly above an edge. Everything is lifelike, almost tangible and therefore very believable. The duck attracts attention bec...

Aubergines by Fauvist Matisse

Matisse was the founder of Fauvism, but that of course requires a search. His palette brightens after he gets to know the work of Vincent van Gogh and Camille Pissarro points out a less successful ...

Isaac Israëls

As the son of Jozef Israëls, Isaac Israëls (1865–1934) was born with a passion for painting and wanderlust. They travel throughout Europe, meet other artists and visit the Salon in Paris almost eve...

Fernand Léger

Joseph Fernand Henri (Fernand) Léger (Argentan 1881 – Gif-sur-Yvette 1955) was the son of a cattle farmer who died when Fernand was 4 years old. At the age of sixteen, Léger apprenticed with an arc...