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Abstract Theosophy by Hilma Af Klint

Hilma af Klint (Karlberg 1862-1944 Djursholm) was a Swedish painter and the first painter to work abstractly. Just as Vermeer was forgotten for 200 years before becoming the star of today, you can ...

The powerful Salon

The Salon was (and is) a magical concept in art. Reputations were made and broken here, especially when Paris was the cultural capital of Europe. The first salon, l'exposition, took place in 1648 a...

Art village Laren

From the mid-19th century, paint was available in tubes and this made it possible to paint outdoors; the environment mattered and applying the paint was faster (and less refined and precise) than i...

Round about 'Paris-Brest' by Pol Dom

There is something magical about Paris. The city is alive and has a grandeur and charm that cannot be compared to other cities in the world. Pol Dom's work was painted decades ago but if you now go...

Sunny Evert Pieters

Pieters (Amsterdam 1856- 1933 Laren) was born into a poor family. At the age of nineteen he went to Antwerp in the hope of building a better life there as an apprentice decorator. He attended eveni...

Red cabbage with garlic

A painting by Vincent Van Gogh was known for a long time as Red Cabbage with Onions. When chef Ernst de Witte saw the painting, he knew something was wrong. The bulbous plants are not onions at all...

The influence of industrialization

In the time of Hals, Rembrandt and Vermeer, painters made their own paint by mixing oil, pigment and turpentine. The palette of the golden age therefore consists of earthy colors, such as ocher and...

Stew of a goat

Mankes made fantastic tranquil paintings that look like a drawing. He often made works with goats. It inspired us to eat something different than what we normally find in the supermarket. A goat me...