It's all about the atmosphere of nature, for sure, but I wa… - Gerrit Benner

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It's all about the atmosphere of nature, for sure, but I want the painting to arouse clarity, cheerfulness. When it is finished, then I have to live with it, that's why it must become a pleasant thing. Sun. Clarity. Never white-black, because there are so many shades in between! (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

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(Leeuwarden, 31 July 1897 - Nijemirdum, 15 Nov. 1981) was a Dutch painter, famous for his landscape-paintings. His expressive style moved between figurative and abstract, during his life.

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version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) Een schilderij is goed als het niet af is. Net als bij ideeën. Ideeën die af zijn, zijn dood.. .Alles vloeit, net als in het leven – dat komt ook nooit klaar.

When you paint outdoors, you work from your feet up to above your head. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

Don't bother about the result. Throw away your thinking of art, and then become yourself: just walk quietly in yourself, in your own ground.

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