Willem Roelofs
Willem Roelofs was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th century, which led to the formation of The Hague school. His landscapes, especially the early ones with their dominating cloudy skies, demure bodies of water and populated with cattle, are typical for the School of Barbizon.
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- Amsterdam
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"I can not get used to the idea of staying here always. One stays always a 'stranger' here and I miss the support from each other one has in his own country. I sometimes wonder what will be more my adv…"
"I hope to compensate this year the damage of so little studies once and for all because most of the old ones I already used ."
"I was sorry for Gabriel that all the efforts you have employed so diligently were in vain to help him to sell one of his paintings in 'Arti'. Is there not any chance to order from him a small presenta…"
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1822
Born
Birth1897
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