"What a struggle I had to make on that ['Mother and Child']. You would say, a nice assignment to make something good out of it, isn't it. I myself thought it that way. So I went to Heeze, I made a mass of studies of women with children, came back with the sketches to my studio.. .Oh, what an obsession.."
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(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Suze Robertson:) Wat heb ik dáár op getobd ['Moeder en Kind']. Ge zoudt zeggen, niet waar: 'n opgaaf [opdracht] om best iets goed van te maken. Dat dacht ik ook. 'k ging dus naar , maakte er massa's studies van vrouwen met kinderen, kwam daarmee op m'n atelier terug.. .Maar wat een obsessie.. — p. 34
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Suze Robertson
Suze Bisschop-Robertson (The Hague 17 December 1855 – The Hague, 18 October 1922) was a Dutch painter. She left Dutch Impressionism of those day because of painting rather impasto and giving away depth in her images.
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