At first I did not feel much inclined to agree [ Willem Maris had asked Mauve to paint together in open air, around the village Oosterbeek, c. 1863], but I did not like to refuse the little fellow flatly, so we went off together. My companion did not suffer from loquacity; and, coming to a field with cows in it, I sat down to go on with a drawing which I had begun that morning. The little chap [Willem Maris] strolled around a bit and then settled down to work himself. We sat there for hours under the pollards, until I grew curious to see what the little fellow was at. He sat sketching with a bit of chalk; but, oh! I stood astounded. I seized him by the hand and stammered in my turn, 'My boy, what an artist you are! You stagger me! It's magnificent!'
Dutch painter (1838–1888)
Anton Mauve (Zaandam, 18 Sept. 1838 - Laren, 5 Feb. 1888) was a Dutch landscape painter and a leading member of the Hague School; in The Netherlands he became famous as the 'sheep'-painter. Mauve was frequently painting in open air with Willem Maris and Gerard Bilders around the village Oosterbeek. He had a significant early influence on his cousin-in-law Vincent van Gogh.
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Anthonij Rudolf Mauve
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