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The big influence from 'Les Vingts'

Les XX (Les Vingt) was a group of twenty Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed in 1883 by the Brussels lawyer, publisher and entrepreneur Octaaf Maus. For ten years they held an annual ...

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...

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...

Expressionisme in Nederland - Lyklema Fine Art

Expressionism in the Netherlands

Dutch expressionism cannot be seen outside the international context. In the Netherlands, expressionism gained a foothold between Amsterdam and Bergen. And a little later in the East, where Wieger ...

Amsterdam Joffers

The Amsterdam Joffers were an influential artist group active in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 20th century that consisted exclusively of female artists. The Joffers wanted to free themselves f...

De Onafhankelijken

De Onafhankelijken is een vereniging van beeldend kunstenaars opgericht op 13 juli 1912 in navolging van de Salon des Indépendants in Parijs als protest tegen de heersende opvattingen in kunst en c...

Modernisme

Modernisme is een zeer ruim begrip en vat het karakter van de samenleving, de cultuur en het denken in de moderne tijd samen. Het gaat om het anti-establishment, het experimenteren, de queeste naar...

Postimpressionisme: Les Nabis

Les Nabis was een groep post-impressionistische Franse schilders die actief was van 1888-1900 en wiens werk wordt gekenmerkt door vlakke kleurvlakken, gedurfde contouren en vereenvoudigde tekeninge...