't Kristallijn

A friend suggested a walk in semi-public park 't Kristallijn in Mol

Right now the gates are closed but you can see some beautiful photographs here

December

It's been quite a month...

First of all my mother-in-law passed away.

Followed by the mother-in-law of my brother-in-law two days later .

My own mother died December 26th in 2018.

We used to spent Christmas time with family, due to covid it's different now.

Being surrounded by nature, I heal and recharge ★

PAN Amsterdam

Finally... another edition of PAN Amsterdam

Winnie Teschmacher

Naaktfiguur  / 1917 

etching by Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (info in Dutch here)

 "Pink op het strand" 1874 by Jacob Maris

 Johannes Hendrik Eversen

old map by J.L. Kikkert of Texel 

some other favourites...

oil painting of a birds nest

Tournai vase by René Lalique

"Badjas" by Marjolijn Mandersloot

What a beautiful day with my friend Antoon!

Previous PAN editions : 2019 , 2017 , 2015

Other art fairs : Art Breda, Eurantica

Exhibitions : Art Nouveau, Mucha

Goodbye Jan

Today my best friend lost her father...

Perhaps to be expected one of these days because of his old age and health,

but still a great loss to my fiend, her partner and many others.

We'll try to support them as good as we can ♥︎

Autumn Walk

 

Yesterday we walked to have a nice lunch in Lommel...

Beach Find

 

Jakob Smits Museum

Recently I've visited the Dirk Baksteen exhibition at Jakob Smits Museum.

Twice. For years I've been a great admirer of his art.

Perhaps you have seen my earlier posts about the museum and the artist.

(You can find it here, here and here)

First I would like to show you some art by other artists in Jakob Smits Museum:

A charcoal / black crayon drawing "Moeder en geit" (Mother and goat) by Jakob Smits

Etching and aquatint "Schaapsherder" (Shepherd) by Leopold Haeck

Impression of the museum:

Another favourite art work : oil paint on wooden panel

"Geboortehuis van de moeder van Frans Van Leemputten" 1865

by Corneel Van Leemputten (Dutch link: here)

Temporary Dirk Baksteen Exhibition: Stilist van de Stilte

I'm sorry for the light reflections in the glass...

Baksteen's eye for detail and craftsmanship is incredible...

The exhibition led to some debate in the community of Mol,

the municipality where Dirk Baksteen used to live and work.

To this very day Dirk Baksteen's collaboration with the Germans during World War II is still delicate.

His belief and actions influenced, perhaps even up until now, many lives.

After the war Baksteen was convicted for 5 years and imprisoned for 3 years.

He never returned to (live in) Mol again.

"Dem Führer, zum Geburtstag"

The question could be:

Can you exhibit the work of an artist with questionable ideas / behaviour?

Maybe we should aim to separate the art from someone's belief and actions.

It can be quite difficult but I just hope we can!

Weekend!

Wishing you a relaxing weekend ★

Music tip : Madrugada - Nobody Loves You Like I Do

Wissant

I do love the sea and beach.

With good friends and sun it's even better ★

Doggerland

Perhaps you've heard about Doggerland...

Thanks to some beach finds we got really interested.

In January we started the hunt and visited Monster.

It was windy, rainy and very cold but we found lots of fossil bits and pieces...

In May I found an artefact at Maasvlakte 2, our first visit to this area...

I knew it was something special, a so called "spits".

Measuring 6 cm probably a bow and arrow tip.

The idea someone held this piece way back... was mind-blowing.

The expert opinion : a harpoon tip approximately 10.000 years old.

If it had been up to me, we would have started visiting every weekend (smile)

In August, our second visit, the kenderman found this tooth on the same beach.

Due to the expert is a molar from a red or giant deer...

We were both eager to visit the Doggerland exhibition at RMO in Leiden.

a reconstruction of neanderthaler Krijn

I must admit I'm really obsessed by "spitsen" or "tips" now (big smile).

We dis see some other objects in the museum but we'll go back...

Magic from the bronze age... two swords from Ommerschans and Jutphaas.

Dating 1350-1500 BC

Two giant blades, too heavy, no handle, not even sharpened.

No functional weapons, only objects of beauty?