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" "I thank you for being so sincere in telling me honestly your opinion on the paintings sent to Paris ['Une journée d'hiver à Scheveningue' (a winter-view) and 'Les Brisants de la Mer du Nord' (a sea-scape)]. I am pleased that you really like the large sea piece. As far as the other painting is concerned [winter-view].. ..in a frame and well placed in my studio, most artists [in The Hague] preferred the Winter day. However, that doesn't say enough yet and I am therefore pleased that you gave so honestly your [critical] opinion. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (23 February 1831 – 10 July 1915) was a Dutch marine painter and important artist of the Hague School. seascapes and views of the beach at Scheveningen with fishing boats. In The Hague he painted the famous Panorama Mesdag with the support of his wife Sientje Mesdag van Houten and some other young artists.
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Dear Brother-in-Law - Sister. We are ailing again rather well through the winter, always busy and working. It is a pity that the opportunity for [making] new studies has not yet come, it is always a nice variation. Now it is every time again sea and pinks, etc. [subjects in his paintings]. - For Paris I am very busy - To Vienna a painting will be send.. .A second large painting has gone to Brussels - A [xxxx?] will offer drawings of us [drawings of him and his wife] and , at this moment they are crossing the Great Water, with destination to New York where they will be exhibited - we hope with success - Two beautiful paintings has enriched our collection again, one of Dupre and one of Rousseau. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag's brief, in het Nederlands:) De raad van is bepaald dik schilderen, dat wil zeggen, goed in de verf en deze liefst gebruiken zonder olie of terpetijn.. .Ik hoop dat gij het goed begrijpt, niet dik van kleur, want juist hij bereikt alleen dat waas en de kracht van kleur door het herhaald overschilderen.
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(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag's brief, in het Nederlands:) ..de critieken op mijn werk in de Fransche, Engelsche bladen [zijn].. ..voldoende om te kunen beweren dat ik reeds nu onder de tegenwoordige marine schilders een voorname plaats inneem. Dit wil ik ook bij het stellen [bepalen] mijner prijzen in aanmerking genomen hebben.