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Anton Mauve
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“Heavenly wonderfully beautiful that Wolfhezerland with its stream and pines.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Maris, 1863; as cited in: 'Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850', Antoon Erftemeijer; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 31
“I've got a special liking for stables. I find them so very suitable for creating an artistique feeling, and then those stables from Oosterbeek! (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Maris, 1863; as cited Anton Mauve, exhibition catalog of Teylers Museum, Haarlem / Laren, Singer, ed. De Bodt en Plomp, 2009, p. 43
“As far as my work concerned, I am busy with a few small paintings, one is ordered and the other I have to 'adventure'. More and more I feel that I am short of so many studies, if I had the money, I didn't make any painting next year, I would only study [sketches]; but well, you have to make the best of a bad job, it will be hard enough to enable myself a living. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1838 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve, in a letter to Willem Maris, from Oosterbeek, 1864; as cited in Anton Mauve 1838 - 1888, exhibition catalog of Teylers Museum, Haarlem / Laren, Singer, ed. De Bodt en Plomp, 2009, p. 133
“How are you doing, make a good, simple [and] true thing, for example.. .I believe I have found a good place for it. Namely, I spoke Mr. about you and he expressed his wish that you should show him something good.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1866 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve in his letter to painter , 1866; as cited in Archive P.A. Scheen, collectie RKD Den Haag
“Nowadays I make ugly things, but I think they are nevertheless better than before, more made out-of-me myself, just simple cows with air and greenishness. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Mauve to Willem Maris, 21 Jan. 1869; as cited by H.L. Berckenhoff, in Anton Mauve, Etsen van Ph. Zilcken, met fascimiles naar schilderijen, teekeningen en studies, Amsterdam 1890, (microfiche RKD-Archive …
“I really want to talk to you a lot, but what do I have to do? I still have things in progress here, two paintings and [I] must necessarily study sheep. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve, in his letter from 15 Oct. 1869, to the Dutch painter ; as cited in Archive P.A. Scheen, collectie RKD Den Haag
“..it is really beautiful here with that freezing weather. o you should see now the distance, and the fields with their black earth and flat shadows it would strike you, how lovely the sun is shining in the Betuwe.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a letter to Willem Maris, 1860's; as cited in 'Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850', Antoon Erftemeijer; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 31
“.never in my life I have seen such a truly sad thing [an atmosphere at Wolfheze ]. A mother heartbroken about the loss of her only child is nothing compared to this. A broad streak or strip in front of you, which becomes blacker and blacker towards the horizon. a mysterious ticking and hissing of rain drops which keep hanging halfway the heather plant on each twig and sprout.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Anton Mauve to Willem Maris, 1860's; as cited in Anton Mauve, (exhibition catalog of Teylers Museum, Haarlem / Laren, Singer), ed. De Bodt en Plomp, 2009, p. 33
“Come on, don't wait, come! Or don't you like to roll into the lush grass? I really would like to be completely a cow, to feel in that way the childish fun that such a beast gets when it is running about in the pasture and makes all that kind of silly jumps with its tail high in the air. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Maris, c. 1860's; from: 'Brieven van Anton Mauve aan Willem Maris'- microfiche, RKD Mauve Archive, The Hague
“..coloring is also drawing.”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve; as cited by Vincent van Gogh in his letter to brother Theo, from Etten, c. 12-15 Oct. 1881]
“..the longer I am here Laren, the more beautiful it becomes for me and now that I feel myself more comfortable, I can judge it better.. .It is touching beautiful here [ Laren ], with a delicacy of lines and lovely poetry radiates from everywhere, interior houses, roads, fields, beautiful heath and bushes, and people are of the sweetest kind to imagine.. .Usually after dinner we make a little walk, what I enjoy a lot. I don't know how to say it, but I would like to live here for ever. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve in a letter, Juin 1882 to his wife Jet Carbentus; Mauve Archive of RKD, Den Haag
“You're too close to your model.”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve, teaching Vincent van Gogh, c. End of Dec. 1881 in The Hague; as cited by Vincent van Gogh in his letter to brother Theo, from Etten, c. Friday, 23 December 1881]
“This is how you should hold your palette.”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1881 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Mauve, teaching Vincent van Gogh, 1881 in The Hague; as cited by Vincent van Gogh in his letter to brother Theo, from Etten, c. 23 December 1881]
“our Goddess [how painting is going] is sometimes so erratic, just when you want to speak to her, she is hiding and if you did not immediately think of her, she comes to give hanks incessantly and is so kind, anyway - we shall see.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1884 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Witsen, from The Hague, 28 Dec. 1884?]; original copy from website DBNL; location of resource: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag: no. KB75 C51
“Our plans were to go to Amsterdam and Laren tomorrow and then spend another day with you.. .I am very busy again with 7 paintings at the same time, I still have a lot to do before I can go to Laren, going to live there. Now, this week I can say it more confidently, - when we find a suitable location.. .We are on a leap of eating out therefore this scribbling.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to Willem Witsen, from The Hague, May? 1885]; original copy from website DBNL; location of resource: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag: no. KB75 C51
“Take care for this, don't start with the sentiment first, [because] that's where a piece of art is ending with - but the good start is drawing good and right. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Anton Mauve to his student , from Laren 1885; as cited in Anton Mauve, (exhibition catalog of Teylers Museum, Haarlem / Laren, Singer), ed. De Bodt en Plomp, 2009, p. 120
“I am busy working on a large painting with sheep; the last days I am working with real pleasure, the weather is.. ..not too hot and with nice skies. It's great here!!!! I shout with joy the whole day and more and more I desire to stay here until the end. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Mauve, from Laren 1885, to his student , as quoted by Arina Hugenholtz in In Memoriam Anton Mauve; as cited in Van IJs naar Sneeuw - De ontwikkeling van het wintergezicht in de 19de eeuw, Arsine Nazarian,…
“All my canvases I paint after sketches. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: short undated quote of Mauve, as cited in: 'Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850', Antoon Erftemeijer; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 31
“When entering a studio the most pleasant thing to see is a blank canvas. It looks so inviting to make a start, you are fresh and hoping for the best. Then a terrible time follows when everything seems lost and ruined, you fear you will never get it done, than suddenly a ray of light! And it seems you get what you wanted to tell. My best works usually are going trough such a struggle. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mauve's remark, later quoted by Mauve's student , in her In memoriam mr. Anton Mauve, RKD Den Haag; as cited in The land of Mauve: utopia or a reality? / Het land van Mauve: utopie of werkelijkheid?; master-scriptie by …
“Just follow the lead of the Dutch seventeenth-century master-painters, we have to look at the country around us in the way the old masters did. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hereby I send you back the 'Winter' [a painting]. I hope you will be better satisfied now. After alternately smashing away and adding on the cart some new figures, finally this one climbed up, which I hope will do better than its predecessors.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote in a letter to Goupil in The Hague; as cited by R. Tervaert & C. Stolwijk, in ‘’De fabriek: Anton Mauve en zijn handelaren’’, 2009, p. 139
“You go outside, light your pipe, whistle a tune and just paint what you come across. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mauve's advice to his students; as cited by H.L. Berckenhoff, in Anton Mauve, Etsen van Ph. Zilcken, met fascimiles naar schilderijen, teekeningen en studies, Amsterdam 1890, (microfiche RKD-Archive Den Haag: Berckenhof…
“At first I did not feel much inclined to agree [ Willem Maris had asked Mauve to paint together in open air, around the village Oosterbeek, c. 1863], but I did not like to refuse the little fellow flatly, so we went off together. My companion did not suffer from loquacity; and, coming to a field with cows in it, I sat down to go on with a drawing which I had begun that morning. The little chap [Willem Maris] strolled around a bit and then settled down to work himself. We sat there for hours under the pollards, until I grew curious to see what the little fellow was at. He sat sketching with a bit of chalk; but, oh! I stood astounded. I seized him by the hand and stammered in my turn, 'My boy, what an artist you are! You stagger me! It's magnificent!'”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quote of Anton Mauve, c. 1863-65; as cited in Dutch Art in the Nineteenth Century – 'The Hague School; Introduction', by G. Hermine Marius, transl. A. Teixera de Mattos; publish: The la More Press, London, 1908
“Dear friend! I am still staying in Oosterbeek as you can see but I will now leave in 2 days. The last days I spent on two small paintings ordered by Mr. de Visser. I painted them in a happy atmosphere.. .I send them to you because they were still wet when I sent them away and I could hardly do that to Mr. de Visser. Please, do you want to give them a layer of egg-varnish and when you discover here or there a badly seen dash, or you see a chance to make a witty thing in the paintings, oh chap, I pray you do so, because if he doesn't like them, I'll get no bread and have nasty problems, because I need the money so badly.. (translation from the original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1867 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Mauve from Oosterbeek 4 Nov. 1867, to Willem Maris in The Hague; from the original letter, RKD Archive, The Hague
“I ordered Major [transport company] tomorrow afternoon 2 o'clock to pack the paintings, I am still completely in all the paintings - as nightmares they are flying around me, now you know as of old how that is, but tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock I am free. I believe there are nice things among them, the drawing has become a little too fat, but there is much good in it, and it is very well-finished. I send to Peacock. The forest with wood hackers, which was hanging above the door of my studio, then the sheep [small composition-sketch of a sheep herd with shepherd] and.. .I believe you know them all, 7 pieces together, afterwards I have to start working for Arnold & Tripp [art-sellers in Paris], I let those guys wait and that's not right to do.. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”
Anton Mauve (1838–1888) first seen 1887 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter of Mauve from Laren, 27 June 1887 original text of the letter in RKD Archive, The Hague