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De Ploeg

De Ploeg was founded in 1918 in response to the sedate artistic climate in the city of Groningen. The initiators included Jan Wiegers, Johan Dijkstra, George Martens and Jan Altink. Anyone who made...

De Hotdog bij het Chrysler Building - Lyklema Fine Art

Hotdog @ the Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building is NEW YORK. NY is Hot Dogs. This work was made by Peter Pratt (1945). It is a typical work that looks a bit fifties, as if Hopper could have painted it. The clothes, the cars...

Waar en hoe hang je kunst op? - Lyklema Fine Art

How to hang a piece of art?

You prefer to hang art because you can then view it clearly. From a simple photo, a drawing by your children or a painting by a famous artist. You must be able to see it clearly and it must fit int...

Tarte Tartin from Cezanne

According to Paul Cézanne, art is 'a harmony parallel to nature', not an imitation of nature. In his search for underlying structure and composition, the artist may not portray the objects and spac...

The Hare of Dürer

The Young Hare is a painting by the German artist Albrecht Dürer. Painted in 1502 in his studio. It is recognized as a masterpiece of observational art and has photographic accuracy. The fur was ca...

Kunststromingen herkennen - Lyklema Fine Art

Recognition of Art Movements

Recognizing a period in which a painting was made can be done by the technique used, the representation, the canvas used and even the material of the stretcher frame. In this blog we briefly discus...

De Kabeljauw van Dijsselhof - Lyklema Fine Art

Cod by Dijsselhof

Art & Food Lyklema Fine Art is working on a fun and inspiring project: Art & Food. Well-known and lesser-known works of art are described and serve as inspiration for a dish. We get inspira...

Technieken

Olieverf Olieverf bestaat al eeuwenlang. Schilders maakten vroeger zelf hun verf door pigmenten te vermengen met olie. Pas als je daar in had bekwaamd mocht je de meester helpen met het uitwerken ...