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Corne_Akkers
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ArtistCorné Akkers -
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Dimensions21 x 29.7 x 0.1cm
Mysterious Girl There is this girl that I know for a long time: Geesje Kwak. Throughout the decades I visited many museums. Once in a while...
Mysterious Girl There is this girl that I know for a long time: Geesje Kwak. Throughout the decades I visited many museums. Once in a while I also come across Breitner’s famous oil paintings in the ‘Girl in Kimono series’. They manage to keep me enchanted and fascinated by the quality of the craflty depiction. Besides that, the mysterious girl looks like a perfect match, contrasting the lush japonerie fashionable at that time. She looks almost translucent in those japanese garments because of her pale skin complexion and slenderness. The words ‘fragile’ and ‘fairylike’ involuntary keep popping up in my mind. He could not have found a better model than her. Another Hommage A couple of years back I used one of Breitner’s pictures for a graphite pencil drawing (Nude after Breitner’s Photograph – 22-04-17). Next to being a painter he also was a great photographer; a pioneer in using photos for paintings. This drawing therefor is yet another hommage to the artis
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