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The poetry of reality : Dutch painters of the nineteenth Century

"The Poetry of Reality is a survey of Dutch painting of the nineteenth century." "135 of the finest paintings have been selected for this book. They are all reproduced in colour and presented in chronological order, forming a pictorial record of developments in nineteenth-century painting. All the famous names are there: Wouter van Troostwijk, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Andreas Schelfhout, Johannes Bosboom, the brothers Jacob, Matthijs and Willem Maris, George Hendrik Breitner, Johan Barthold Jongkind and Vincent van Gogh." "In his introductory article Ronald de Leeuw, director of the Rijksmuseum, describes how the collection was assembled."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2000
Waanders Publishers, Amsterdam, 2000