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Oesters van Jean-Francois Troy - Lyklema Fine Art

Oysters by Jean-Francois Troy

This time in Art & Food a dish that was first food for the poor and slowly became more and more exclusive: Oysters. A number of paintings have been made with oysters as the subject. From still ...

Bacon (1909-1992) is one of the most important artists of the last century and, with his surrealist and expressionist style, a precursor of the neo-expressionism of the 1980s. He is the English art...

Verse kaas van Vermeer - Lyklema Fine Art

Fresh Cheese from Vermeer

Vermeer only made 23 paintings that are now known. Yet everyone knows this artist for his Girl with the Pearl Earring and the serene house scene of the milkmaid is also world famous. In his day, se...

Nederlandse Pointillisten - Lyklema Fine Art

Dutch Pointillism

Pointillism, 'invented' by George Seurat and Paul Signac, is the application of dots of paint in unmixed colors to the canvas. This technique really brings the light in the painting to life. The ef...

De duif van René Magritte - Lyklema Fine Art

Pigeon in the wood by René Magritte

Magritte is an artist that everyone recognizes. His surrealist works are true art because he has been able to start his own style and new movements. As Paul Bocuse and Ferran Adriá. Magritte's work...

Flower still life

The Romans already painted still lifes on walls, as can be seen in Pompeii. Constantijn Huygens was the first to use the word "inanimatis" around 1630 when describing the work of Jacques de Gheyn a...

Kalfswang van Anton Mauve - Lyklema Fine Art

Cheek of veal by Anton Mauve

Mauve was one of the Hague School painters who captured various facets of outdoor life en plein air; he became famous for his heathland landscapes with flocks of sheep where the skies merge with th...

Landscape as a genre

Mountains, rivers, forests and the sea have been attractive to artists for centuries. In the early 15th century, landscape painting emerged as a separate genre in Europe. Certainly in the beginning...