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Gerard Bilders

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Also known as Albert Gerard Bilders, Albertus Gerardus Bilders, a. g. bilders, G. A. Bilders, G. Bilders, Bilders

painter from the Netherlands (1838-1865)

Person · Open Library

Born
1838
Died
1865
Works
2

Top works

  • Zo ben ik nooit eens gelukkig
  • Vrolijk versterven

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
New Zealand
Active from
1980
new zealand

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Quotes

  • ..so much is certain at least that seeing and studying the great Dutch masters arouse and encourage me to follow nature as a child, and to notice in it all those little ingenuous things and niceties as much as possible and reproduce them faithfully, which are so necessary to constitute a beautiful whole. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)
  • Now one thing is annoying and no one can change this. It is that the days are so horribly short because of the dark weather. Sketching and [?] is still possible to do, but to look closely and to reproduce subtle hues and shades would now be completely impossible. Especially in the Museum it is sometimes really dark. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)
  • The moon appeared for some time [in the Savoy, Switzerland] and the rocks seemed to be much bigger than they were. The mountains were silvery illuminated and appeared gently against the mysterious blue of the sky - that blue color with moonlight, that has such an indefinable, deep tone; actually it is not a blue.
  • I am searching for a tone, which we call 'colored grey'. I mean that all colors, even the strongest, can be brought together in such a way as to give the impression of a warm, vital grey. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)
  • To preserve the sense of the 'grey' even in the most powerful green is amazingly difficult and whoever discovers it will be a happy mortal. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)
  • It is not my aim and object to paint a cow for the cow's sake or a tree for the tree's, but by means of the whole to create a beautiful and huge impression which nature sometimes creates, also with most simple means. (translation from the Dutch original: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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