"..he is never guilty of sentimentality in paint. He early learned the importance of judicious elimination in the interest of power, and persistently put this principle into practice. His characteristic canvases show a stretch of sand, with the sea beyond and the sky above, and possibly but a single sail in the distance; or an expanse of green meadow, with' a tree or two or a windmill to break monotony; or a sedge-lined canal, with a lighter or two as the only suggestions of human interest. In a word, absolute simplicity of composition, without an unnecessary detail to break the impression he wishes to convey is an essential feature of his best canvases."
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Quote of E. C. Cady, in 'The Art of Johannes Hendrick Weissenbruch', in 'Brush and Pencil, Volume 12', April 1904, p. 49
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Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, also known as Hendrik Johannes Weissenbruch, (The Hague, 19 June 1824 - The Hague 24 March 1903) was a Dutch landscape-painter of Dutch Impressionism and leading figure in the Hague School.
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