"In very bad weather Jacob Maris met one day an acquaintance who passing by, shouted: 'What a beautiful sky, huh!' 'What shall I say', was the answer [from Jacob] in jesting tone and with a smile, which had to soften the haughty gesture, 'I paint it better'."
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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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