Shall I now ask these palette-slaves what poetry means, and in how many forms it appears to us? They want to chain her [poetry], just as they are tie… - Barend Cornelis Koekkoek

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Shall I now ask these palette-slaves what poetry means, and in how many forms it appears to us? They want to chain her [poetry], just as they are tied up themselves to their master's palette, [or] to some part of the sacred history.. ..to a folktale.. .. a miraculous landscape .. .. or other pompous imaginations.

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About Barend Cornelis Koekkoek

Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis (11 October, 1803 – 5 April, 1862) was a Dutch landscape artist and father of Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek. He was a leading and famous figure of the Dutch Romantic School.

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Alternative Names: Barend Cornelius Koekkoek B L Koekkock Barend C. Koekkoek Bockkock c.b. koekkoek B.C. Kockkock Koekhoek Kookock Hoeckhocks B.C. Koekkoek Kookook Koeckoeck B. Koekkoek b. c. koekoek koekkoek b. c. B. C. Koekkoek Barent Corn. Koekkoek B. C. Koekkoch B. Kockkock barent cornelis koekkoek b. cornelis koekkoek Koek Koek Kockkock Keekeek Hookkoch Barend Cornelis Koekoek Koekkoek Monogrammiert BCK c. b. koekkock B.C. Koekkock B. C. Kockkock B.C. Kockock B. C. Kockoek Barend Cornelis Koeckkoek Kockkock B.C. Kock-Kock Kockkoeck barend corn. koekkoek
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Beforehand I don't make any drawing of the object or objects which I want to paint on the canvas or panel.. ..but I start directly to situate the designed plan on the canvas - After having thoroughly sketched and thought over my composition, especially the arrangement of light and dark, I start to paint it broadly with oil-paint and try as much as possible to achieve the hue or the colouring, in which I want to see my landscape.. ..when it is definitely completed.

In my opinion the aim of the painter is similar with that of the poet, insofar that both want to affect the feelings of the viewer or reader. As soon as their scenes.. ..are lacking the mark of nature, of truth, than both will fail to realize it. The Dutch painter feels - as well as the Germans do - the influence of sublime nature, but the Dutch painter first wants to be acquainted with 'plain truth', to combine it afterwards with the poetic..

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..on the banks of a very picturesque mountain stream that pours out its crystalline water in four or five waterfalls into the Dussel brook.. .Oh, in this cave, at this crystal flood, I often felt myself so well! Sensations frequently welled up in my bosom at this blessed place that ennoble the soul and make pour out joyful tombs; [they] give the heart impressions that neither greatness or honor can steal from us. An indomitable longing came to me, to learn more and more about these enchanting shades of beautiful and holy nature, and to transfer them on the canvas with my brush.

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