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ANTON See also:MAUVE (1838–1888)
, Dutch landscape painter, was See also:born at See also:Zaandam, the son of a Baptist See also:minister
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Much against the wish of his parents he took up the study of See also:art and entered the studio of See also:Van Os, whose dry See also:academic manner had, however, but little attraction for him
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He benefited far more by his intimacy with his See also:friends Jozef Israels and W
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See also:Maris
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Encouraged by their example he abandoned his See also:early tight and highly finished manner for a freer, looser method of See also:painting, and the brilliant See also:palette of his youthful See also:work for a See also:tender lyric See also:harmony which is generally restricted to delicate greys, greens, and See also:light See also:blue
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He excelled in rendering the soft hazy See also:atmosphere that lingers over the See also:green meadows of See also: J . Drucker, See also:London . |
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