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The drawings [his watercolors] usually succeed in one day or at most two days or they develop difficult and usually don't finish well, then.. ..[I ho… - Willem Roelofs
" "The drawings [his watercolors] usually succeed in one day or at most two days or they develop difficult and usually don't finish well, then.. ..[I hope] the end will be as good as the beginning. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
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About Willem Roelofs
Willem Roelofs (Amsterdam, 10 March 1822 – Berchem, 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. He was one of the forerunners of the Dutch The Hague school, after a short period painting in the Dutch Romantic movement, c. 1840-50's.
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Willem (I) Roelofs
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Willem Roelofs (I)
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Roelofs
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W. Roelufs
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W. Roelofs
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Willem Roeloefs
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wilhelm roelofs
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M. Roelofs
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(original Dutch: citaat van Willem Roelofs, in het Nederlands:) De teekeningen [Roelofs bedoelt zijn aquarellen] lukken mij doorgaans in een dag of hoogstens twee dagen of zij gaan moeijelijk en worden dan meestal niet goed.. ..[ik hoop dat] het eind zoo goed zal zijn als het begin.
(original Dutch: citaat van Willem Roelofs, in het Nederlands:) Ik heb alweder ook eenige teekeningen [hij bedoelt hiermee zijn aquarellen] verkocht – de Hollandsche gevallen vinden nogal aftrek [in Brussel, waar hij toen woonde]. Men schijnt hier gekleurde teekeningen te prefereren.
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I wonder [interviewer: I hear him saying quite soon] or that line [in the picture he is just working on] doesn't repeat itself. It's more or less the same, isn't it? on both sides, don't you think so? [(interviewer) 'Maybe it is!' - I dare to say; there is no escape; I have to give advice] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
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