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Allart van Everdingen - Master of the Rugged Landscape
Author | C.m. Klinkert ; E.a. |
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Publisher | Nai010 Publishers |
ISBN | 9789462086463 |
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In 1644 the young Alkmaar artist Allart van Everdingen (1621-1675) travelled through Norway. It was an inspiring experience that set the course for his career. He went on to make countless paintings, drawings and etchings of rugged landscapes with waterfalls, log cabins and pine trees. These seemingly realistic snapshots of Norwegian scenery prove on closer examination to be artistic constructs, conceived and executed in the workshop. Van Everdingen had created a new genre in Dutch art that sold very well and was picked up by other artists, Jacob van Ruisdael among them. In the nineteenth century, his impressive mountain views became an important inspiration for the Romantics.
208 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 27 cm, pb, English |