"But William Maris selects this very time of day as for him specially desirable, and he sees mystery and poetry in the wonderful effect of the sun pouring its bright rays down on animals and pasture land. For this he is called the silvery Maris, and very remarkable are the effects he gets. It is true, as it is sometimes remarked, that he is always painting cattle and ducks. But it does not matter how many times he paints them, the pictures are always different, and no two are alike in subject and treatment."
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Quote of E. B. Greenshields; as cited in Landscape Painting and Modern Dutch Artists, E. B. Greenshields; The Copp, Clark, Co. Limited, Toronto, 1906, p. 176
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Willem Maris
Willem Maris (18 February 1844, The Hague – 10 October 1910, The Hague) was a Dutch landscape painter of the Hague School, like his two brothers, Jacob Maris and Matthijs Maris. Willem was famous for his paintings with cows in the meadow in the daylight.
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