'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