Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch

"Light and air, that's art! I can never give enough light in my paintings, especially in the skies. The air in a painting, that is really a thing! It is the main thing! Air and light are the great magi…"

"'The Art of Johannes Hendrick Weissenbruch' , by E. C. Cady, in 'Brush and Pencil, Volume 12', April 1904; in PDF"

"You see I am like a surgeon in a hospital; all these lying around me are my patients, and as I walk about among them I notice those most in need of doctoring. I pick out some sickly looking specimen a…"

"Weissenbruch to Anton Mauve: He is drawing damn well, I could paint after his studies."

"My good Lord and friend Sala, - enjoyed the blissful pleasure enjoyed by your friendship.. .When I reached the city again yesterday, I have taken the fishes out of the basket more than 12 times, to sh…"

"I remember I stood stunned as a boy, in front of the paintings of the old masters in our museums, how they let speak Nature to you. If I have learned to see nature by someone, it was by our old master…"

"many free images of paintings and drawings by Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, in the RijksStudio of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam"

"I am here the doctor , bringing his morning visit. I feel them all the pulse. One I say: Wait, I'll make you an ointment, so you will refresh completely. The other I say: Friend, you need air, and eve…"