“Cheerfully and cheerily, I started working once more in giant steps to the second painting by Mr Twent. [of the, who wanted his estate immortalized in two large paintings] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

— Andreas Schelfhout

(original Dutch, citaat van Schelfhout, uit zijn brief:) Vrolijk en opgeruimt, ben ik weder met reuze schreden begonen aan het tweede schilderij van de Heer Twent. [van het Wassenaarse landgoed Raaphorst, toen in bezit van Abraham Jacob Twent, die het landgoed in twee grote schilderijen wilde laten vereeuwigen]
Quote from Schelfhout, in a letter (with sketched figures) to an unknown friend, 21 Feb. 1823; as cited in Andreas Schelfhout - landschapschilder in Den Haag, Cyp Quarles van Ufford, Primavera Pers, (ISBN 978-90-5997-066-3), Leiden, p. 74

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Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer 1787–1870

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“Cheerfully and cheerily, I started working once more in giant steps to the second painting by Mr Twent.”

Andreas Schelfhout (1787–1870) Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer

of the estate Raaphorst, then owned by Abraham Jacob Twent, who wanted his estate immortalized in two large paintings
translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek
(original Dutch, citaat van Schelfhout, uit zijn brief:) Vrolijk en opgeruimt, ben ik weder met reuze schreden begonen aan het tweede schilderij van de Heer Twent. [van het Wassenaarse landgoed Raaphorst, toen in bezit van Abraham Jacob Twent, die het landgoed in twee grote schilderijen wilde laten vereeuwigen]
Quote from Schelfhout, in a letter (with sketched figures) to an unknown friend, 21 Feb. 1823; as cited in Andreas Schelfhout - landschapschilder in Den Haag, Cyp Quarles van Ufford, Primavera Pers, (ISBN 978-90-5997-066-3), Leiden, p. 74

“That is always difficult [making a repetition of an sold painting] and can only become a potboiler. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

Jozef Israëls (1824–1911) Dutch painter

version in original Dutch (citaat van Jozef Israëls in Nederlands): Dat is altijd lastig [een herhaling maken van een al verkocht schilderij] en kan slechts een potboiler [ding voor de verkoop] worden.
In a letter, 13 Dec. 1876, to art-sellers Pilgeram & Lefèvre in London; Foundation Custodia, Paris,input no. 1971-A.506
Israëls was asked to make a duplicate of his painting 'Karig Maal / The Frugal Meat', but refused it and proposed a painting with the same subject, a shoemaker figure, but now sitting at a cradle with his wife cutting bread in the background
Quotes of Jozef Israels, 1871 - 1900

“And I painted on and on, coarsely - not skillful at all and rather clumsy.. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”

Gerrit Benner (1897–1981) Dutch painter

version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) En ik schilderde maar door, in mijn onbehouwenheid – niet knap en helemaal niet handig..
Quote of Benner (1971) on his early painter-years in an interview; as cited by Janneke Wesseling in 'Water, Lucht en Vlak Land', in Dutch newspaper 'N.R.C.', 16 Oct. 2014
1950 - 1980

“I certainly believe that the simple landscape which seems less impressive is the nature that is most proper to paint. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

Willem Roelofs (1822–1897) Dutch painter and entomologist (1822-1897)

(original Dutch: citaat van Willem Roelofs, in het Nederlands:) Ik geloof beslist dat de natuur die het meest geschikt is om na te schilderen, het eenvoudige landschap is dat weinig indrukwekkend lijkt.
as cited in Zó Hollands - Het Hollandse landschap in de Nederlandse kunst sinds 1850, Antoon Erftemeijer https://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/zohollands_eindversie_def_1.pdf; Frans Hals museum | De Hallen, Haarlem 2011, p. 16 – note 2
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“I paint from my head [about his move from rural Friesland to the city of Amsterdam]. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”

Gerrit Benner (1897–1981) Dutch painter

version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) Schilderen doe ik uit mijn hoofd [over zijn verhuizing van landelijk Friesland naar de stad Amsterdam].
quoted by Hans Redeker (before 1967), in Gerrit Benner; Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1967; as cited by Susan van den Berg in 'Benner en Bregman', website 'de Moanne' http://www.demoanne.nl/benner-en-bregman/, 1 Sept. 2008, note xix
1950 - 1980

“Too literary. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

Jozef Israëls (1824–1911) Dutch painter

version in Dutch (citaat van Jozef Israëls, in het Nederlands): Te literair.
short note in Israëls' Journal, 12 Dec. 1903, (in Jan Veth 1903, nr. 6); as cited in Jozef Israëls, 1824 – 1911, ed. Dieuwertje Dekkers; Waanders, Zwolle 1999, p. 199
Israëls was citing here Sientje Mesdag-van Houten who was characterizing his work that day; several of Israëls' paintings were present in the collection of Mr and Mrs Mesdag
Quotes of Jozef Israels, after 1900

“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) Dutch painter (1838–1888)

(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Anton Mauve, in het Nederlands:) Ik verlang erg om veel met je te bepraten maar wat moet ik doen Ik heb nog dingen hier onderhanden, twee schilderijtjes en moet noodzakelijk nog schapen bestuderen.
Quote of Mauve, in his letter from ; as cited in Archive P.A. Scheen, collectie RKD Den Haag http://delamar.bntours.nl/!mad1832-bronnen.html
Anton Mauve studied the sheep on the spot itself, to paint them in the proper mood and in good lighting on the canvas
1860's

“When you paint outdoors, you work from your feet up to above your head. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)”

Gerrit Benner (1897–1981) Dutch painter

version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) Als je buiten werkt, dan werk je vanaf je voeten tot boven je hoofd.
Quote of Gerrit Benner, c. 1950-1955, in a talk with nl:Willem den Ouden; as cited in the thesis by Leo Delfgauw, University of Groningen, 2017, p 221 https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/48348912/Complete_thesis.pdf
1950 - 1980

“Lately I have been asking for landscape [paintings] with animals, so I have devoted a lot of time this year sketching cows. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

Willem Roelofs (1822–1897) Dutch painter and entomologist (1822-1897)

(original Dutch: citaat van Willem Roelofs, in het Nederlands:) In den laatsten tijd vraagt men mij steeds landschap met beesten zoodat ik mij van dit jaar veel op studie van koeijen heb toegelegd.
In a letter of Roelofs to P. verLoren van Themaat, 3 Sept, 1882; Haagsch Gemeente-archief / Municipal Archive of The Hague
1880's

“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) Dutch painter (1838–1888)

(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Anton Mauve, in het Nederlands:) Je gaat naar buiten, steekt je pijpje op, fluit een deuntje en schildert wat je tegenkomt.
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: Berckenhoff, 1890, p. 20)
Mauve's way of painting was in fact the opposite of his advice: often changing and much struggle
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“Cheerfully and cheerily, I started working once more in giant steps to the second painting by Mr Twent. [of the, who wanted his estate immortalized in two large paintings] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)”

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