"I believe that in our country Bilders' art is entirely self-contained and has not generated a particular school, despite the educational and moral strength which his art expressed. But man is inclined to compare, and that's why I believe Théodore Rousseau may be called Bilders' elder brother. Bilders' 'Wodans oaks' paintings.. ..[are] as beautiful as many by Rousseau. (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek)"
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version in original Dutch (citaat van A. C. Loffelt, in Nederlands): Ik voor mij vind, dat Bilders' kunst geheel op zichzelf staat in ons land en geen bepaalde school gevormd heeft, ondanks de ontwikkelende en stichtende kracht, die van haar uitging. Doch de mensch is nu eenmaal geneigd tot vergelijken en daarom zou ik meenen dat Bilders' oudere broeder mag genoemd worden. De 'Wodans-eiken'.. ..[zijn] zelf zoo schoon als menige Rousseau. — Quote of A. C. Loffelt; as cited in 'Johannes Warnardus
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Johannes Warnardus Bilders
1811 – 1890
Johannes Warnardus Bilders (18 August 1811 – 29 October 1890) was a Dutch landscape-painter who was the father of Gerard Bilders (1838–1865) and a forerunner of the Hague School. In 1880 he married the woman-painter Marie Bilders-van Bosse, his former pupil.
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