The pursuit of perfection in art must always be a noble duty to the artist, but.. .Here [at the Drachenfels ] he feels, more than in any other place,… - Barend Cornelis Koekkoek

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The pursuit of perfection in art must always be a noble duty to the artist, but.. .Here [at the Drachenfels ] he feels, more than in any other place, too vividly his inability.. .Stop it, painter! Just please yourself with the impression it makes on your soul; try, if you can, to keep this impression pure, it will teach you how to create ...

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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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(original Dutch, citaat van B.C. Koekkoek:) Gelukkig echter de [schilder]school, waar moeder Natuur op den voorgrond staat, en zij alleen geraadpleegd wordt om 'waarheid' op het doek of paneel voor te stellen. – Hij kent de geheimen van de veelvuldige schakeringen der natuur, zijne schilderij is ene getrouwe kopij der natuur, ziedaar den hoogsten lof, die een schilder kan toegezwaaid worden..

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Immediately and definitively [after starting a painting] I determine the effect of sunlight, day and shadow, without being concerned with any detail. This enable me to see in the started painting the whole of it, which my mind already saw before I begun to work - I see it appearing on the panel or canvas rather soon and can consider in this way the harmony of the composed objects and colors.

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