Jan Mankes

"However, I gradually start to appreciate the Japanese print art as a whole less than a small year ago. We can discuss it later, sometimes. For the time being I can say that the external elegance and s…"

"My surprise and thanks are great.. ..and what a package. What attracts me most of all, yes, really gives me great joy that little book with birds, really something to look forward to. There are pictur…"

"They say that he has made beautiful impressionist things in the past, afterwards he suddenly has achieved a tender drawing; in this time for example he painted dead rooks, so intimately pure and at th…"

"..drivers, docker and skippers.. ..at the canal the whole day they are loading peat and every horse stands still for half an hour ."

"For example, in recent times I was looking to avoid in my works the greasy parts, which in the dark places are obstructing the material expression so heavily to appear. Rubbing with pumice and oil I d…"

"c. 100 images of art-works by Jan Mankes"

"I really love Thijs Maris and his works possess for me a peculiar charm.. .You will certainly love Thijs Maris yourself and then you know.. ..how lovely it is to walk along in his childlike ardour."

".. a crow, a quick, tame animal with immaculate feathering walks around here at home; I hope to be able to benefit a lot of it, because I love crows so much. The surroundings here are very different t…"