tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post115010234720350224..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: The village of ZweelooPliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-1150235642756389342006-06-13T22:54:00.000+01:002006-06-13T22:54:00.000+01:00Thanks, Aurelia (you are referring to Scandinavia...Thanks, Aurelia (you are referring to <A HREF="http://some-landscapes.blogspot.com/2006/05/scandinavian-landscape-with-waterfall.html" REL="nofollow"> Scandinavian Landscape with a Waterfall</A>). Most people would probably now tend to agree with Van Gogh; Ruisdael is not now generally seen as a painter of the Sublime. Van Gogh’s love for modest subject matter is evident throughout the letters.Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-1150142543135431202006-06-12T21:02:00.002+01:002006-06-12T21:02:00.002+01:00What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring...What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring to one of your earlier blogs, have you seen the following?<BR/><BR/>Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard<BR/>The Hague, c. 5 March 1883<BR/><BR/>'I know, Ruysdael himself has had his metamorphoses, and perhaps his most beautiful works are not the waterfalls and the grand forest views but “L'estacade aux eaux rousses” and “Le Buisson” in the Louvre, “The Mill at Wijk bij Duurstede” in the Van der Hoop Collection, the “Bleacheries at Overveen” in the Mauritshuis [museum in The Hague] and other more commonplace things which he turned to in later years, probably under the influence of Rembrandt and Vermeer of Delft.'aureliarayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073105505110178711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-1150142542895422572006-06-12T21:02:00.001+01:002006-06-12T21:02:00.001+01:00What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring...What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring to one of your earlier blogs, have you seen the following?<BR/><BR/>Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard<BR/>The Hague, c. 5 March 1883<BR/><BR/>'I know, Ruysdael himself has had his metamorphoses, and perhaps his most beautiful works are not the waterfalls and the grand forest views but “L'estacade aux eaux rousses” and “Le Buisson” in the Louvre, “The Mill at Wijk bij Duurstede” in the Van der Hoop Collection, the “Bleacheries at Overveen” in the Mauritshuis [museum in The Hague] and other more commonplace things which he turned to in later years, probably under the influence of Rembrandt and Vermeer of Delft.'aureliarayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073105505110178711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-1150142533615932262006-06-12T21:02:00.000+01:002006-06-12T21:02:00.000+01:00What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring...What a fascinating website on Van Gogh. Referring to one of your earlier blogs, have you seen the following?<BR/><BR/>Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard<BR/>The Hague, c. 5 March 1883<BR/><BR/>'I know, Ruysdael himself has had his metamorphoses, and perhaps his most beautiful works are not the waterfalls and the grand forest views but “L'estacade aux eaux rousses” and “Le Buisson” in the Louvre, “The Mill at Wijk bij Duurstede” in the Van der Hoop Collection, the “Bleacheries at Overveen” in the Mauritshuis [museum in The Hague] and other more commonplace things which he turned to in later years, probably under the influence of Rembrandt and Vermeer of Delft.'aureliarayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073105505110178711noreply@blogger.com