"Werkman's fine intuition for purity in art has made him the champion of modern art who fully understood Vincent's statement in [his] letter no. 429: 'Les vrais peintres sont ceux quie ne font pas la couleur locale' (in English: The real painters are those who do not create in local colors)."
— Hendrik Werkman

January 1, 1970

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version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Jan Wiegers, in het Nederlands): Werkman's fijne intuitie voor het zuivere in de kunst heeft hem gemaakt tot voorvechter van de moderne kunst die volledig Vincent's uitspraak begreep in brief no 429: 'Les vrais peintres sont ceux quie ne font pas la couleur locale'. — Quote of Jan Wiegers, in Pen en Penseel, Den Haag 1947, (Critisch Bulletin, 14 August 1947 - special publication, (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek) pp. 164-165