6 x 8"
oil on panel
sold
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I was simply inspired to paint this new piece after I turned on the movie Girl with a Pearl Earring - which, by the way, is an artist's dream of a beautifully visual film. Every minute is a painting.
Johannes Vermeer was a moderately successful Dutch painter in the 17th century - specializing in domestic scenes in his own middle-class life. He painted slow and infrequently and insisted on using expensive paints but his signature element was light.
Vermeer wasn't a wealthy man - but his future mother-in-law was wealthy and insisted Johannes convert to Catholicism before marrying her daughter Catharina - and with her help, Vermeer was able to pursue painting. The couple went on to have eleven children, all who were left penniless and in debt after his death at age 43.
Vermeer's works were hardly known outside of Amsterdam until the 19th century - imagine that. His famous painting Girl with a Pearl Earring hangs in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Johannes Vermeer was a moderately successful Dutch painter in the 17th century - specializing in domestic scenes in his own middle-class life. He painted slow and infrequently and insisted on using expensive paints but his signature element was light.
Vermeer wasn't a wealthy man - but his future mother-in-law was wealthy and insisted Johannes convert to Catholicism before marrying her daughter Catharina - and with her help, Vermeer was able to pursue painting. The couple went on to have eleven children, all who were left penniless and in debt after his death at age 43.
Vermeer's works were hardly known outside of Amsterdam until the 19th century - imagine that. His famous painting Girl with a Pearl Earring hangs in The Hague in the Netherlands.
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