"I got the idea to paint people, in the way I see them. From one face I take to my own idea some very characteristic features of it and then I make of the whole a picture in colors and lines, in the way how I meet that person. The whole thing becomes not at all a portrait in the usual sense.. .I have tried to make types, but will built in more and more personal qualities and all that kind of things.. .Everything will be figured out fully abstract of course, it is just a personal feeling and no system at all. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)"
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Jacoba van Heemskerck
Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest (1. April 1876 in Den Haag - 3. August 1923 in Domburg) was a Dutch painter, stained glass designer and graphic artist who worked in several modern genres. She specialized in landscapes and still-life's.
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