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Liesbeth Heenk

    This author specializes in writing about art, striving to connect with a general audience by avoiding art historical jargon. This approach emphasizes accessibility and reader comprehension, making complex subjects understandable. Their work focuses on significant artistic figures and institutions, aiming to demystify the art world for newcomers. The author's commitment to clear and engaging prose makes their publications a valuable resource for anyone interested in art.

    Koninkluke prus voor vrue Schilderkunst 2009
    Ways of pointillism : Seurat, Signac, Van Gogh
    Rembrandt and his influence on eighteenth-century German and Austrian printmakers
    • With their pioneering method using dots, the artists of Pointillism no longer directed their gaze only towards the imitation of reality. In their paintings between 1886 and 1930 their dots, colour and light assumed an independent existence to create masterpieces of unprecedented brightness and colour diversity. The works by the inventors of this technique, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, marked the beginning of this exuberant outburst of colour. Works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Carlo Carrá, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee demonstrate how artists made a study of Pointillism during the 20th century. Vincent van Gogh contributed to the way that modernist painters abandoned Pointillism. More than 100 selected works, including paintings, watercolours and drawings, illuminate the dawn of a new era which this art movement was responsible for bringing about: the beginning of modern painting.

      Ways of pointillism : Seurat, Signac, Van Gogh