Jacoba van Heemskerck Quotes

Dutch painter (1876-1923)

Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest (1. April 1876 in Den Haag - 3. August 1923 in Domburg) was a Dutch painter, stained glass designer and graphic artist who worked in several modern genres. She specialized in landscapes and still-life's.

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Alternative Names: Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerk van Beest • Jacoba Berendina Van Heemskerk Van Beest • Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest • Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest (jonkvrouw) • Jakoba van Heemskerck • Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest • Jacoba van Beest Heemskerck

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(original version, written by Jacoba in German:) So geht es, wissen Sie, ich bin immer unzufrieden und will immer weiter gehen.

That's the way it goes, you know, I'm always dissatisfied and always I want to go on. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

(original version, written by Jacoba in German:) Das land [Bretagne]] is sehr schön und farbig gibt es reizige Töne; je mehr abstract man aber arbeitet, je mehr man die Skizze zu Combinationen umarbeitet.

The country [ Brittany ] is very beautiful and painterly one see stimulating color tones; but the more abstract one works, the more one transforms the sketch into combinations. (translation from German, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

version in original Dutch / citaat van Jacoba van Heemskerck, in het Nederlands: Hier valt in de schilderswereld weinig bizonders voor; alles blijft soliede bij het oude.

Nothing special is happening here in the paintersworld [of the Netherlands]; everything stays firmly the same. (translation, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)