"Almost all new French art [ French Impressionism ] has for me a flat, empty character without any distance and depth in colors. The paintings look like white sheets of paper with colors on it."
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Bijna alle nieuwe Fransche kunst [Impressionisme] heeft voor mij een plat, leeg karakter zonder afstand en diepte in kleur. De schilderijen lijken witte velletjes papier met kleurtjes erop. — Quote of Jacob Maris, in: 'Veerpont - Jacob Maris', Frank van der Velden; Vereniging Rembrandt, Spring 2005, p. 24 — he lived for several years in Paris, till 1871
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Jacob Maris
Jacob Hendricus Maris (August 25, 1837, The Hague – August 7, 1899, Karlsbad) was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School, like his two younger brothers, Willem Maris and Matthijs Maris. Jacob was famous for his paintings of Dutch cities, he composed freely.
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