Doorzien – a Dutch word translated as “to see through.” In dutch art, doorzien referred to a painting that showed a view from one room into another, making the picture especially beautiful.
Nicholas Maes, 1657 (Danish)
Pieter de Hooch, 1660 (Dutch)
Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900 (Danish)
Carlos San Millan, current (Ecuadorian)
Edward Hopper, 1932 (American)
Hey, would one of you mind opening the door please?
As preparation for this Saturday’s workshop Paint like Degas, I’m digging in some art history to get perspective on the range of Degas’ art. Although he was eternally unsatisfied with his work, and he could a miserable jerk to people, early in his career it seems he was especially extra miserable with his artwork. He …
I know the rain is dreary, especially when our moods are pulled by pandemic, isolation, news. But the rain has rinsed the pollen from the air, and for that I am thankful. In class on Tuesday, Fran O’Neill shared a few of her favorite landscape paintings. She showed the Van Gogh above, one I haven’t …
Edited from the original post by Lindsey Rae Gjording http://vanguardseattle.com/2014/05/14/artists-way-whiting-tennis/ [image_with_animation image_url=”4017″ alignment=”” animation=”None Letting the line happen Although always evolving, his process has been pared to what is proven to work best, a combination of drawing and more processed pieces that follow after that. He explains: “It starts out of drawings. I draw on paper …
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Doorzien
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Carlos San Millan
Doorzien – a Dutch word translated as “to see through.” In dutch art, doorzien referred to a painting that showed a view from one room into another, making the picture especially beautiful.
Nicholas Maes, 1657 (Danish)
Pieter de Hooch, 1660 (Dutch)
Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900 (Danish)
Carlos San Millan, current (Ecuadorian)
Edward Hopper, 1932 (American)
Hey, would one of you mind opening the door please?
Thank you for doorzien, Suzanne Walker!
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