"He has shown me aspects of silence and light as others never showed me before. (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)"
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version in original Dutch / citaat van Jan andriesse, in het Nederlands: Hij heeft mij aspecten van stilte en licht laten zien zoals anderen dat niet hebben gedaan, — Quote of Jan Andriesse, Dutch artist c. 1990's; as cited in J.H. Weissenbruch 1824-1903, ed. E. Jacobs, H. Janssen & M. van Heteren; exposition-catalog, Museum Jan Cunen / Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Zwolle 1999, p. 15
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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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