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The Flying Dutchman

On 13 September 2017

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Two fishing boats tied edge to edge – Black stone / Watercolour – 7,08 x 10,27 cm – SOLD

– Please, Mom, tell me the story of the flying Dutchman again. Just once more, the last time. Promised.
– But I’ve already read it to you more than twenty times. You know it by heart. No, it’s late, you have school tomorrow and you already had two stories tonight, that’s enough. Give me a hug and go to bed!
– Oh mom nooo. Tomorrow it’s Auntie nanny, and you know it. I can have a sleep if I want to. Come on, say yes … Mom!
– Okay, but this is the last …
– Oh thank you mom, I love you, I love you, I love you. You’re the sweetest mom of the world.

What you sow you reap

By SidranneGB

On 12 September 2017

In Cosmopolitan

Inspired by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) – Study of a landscape – Oil on wood – 10,79 x 16,14 inch

It’s still dark outside but Paulette is no longer asleep. Besides, she didn’t sleep at all. She keeps an eye on the slightest breath of the noisy mass lying beside her. She leaves the room quietly. No way to wake up this thing so early in the morning. She turns on the kitchen’s boiler, it’s freezing to death. Her reflection in the mirror terrifies her.

The wedding

By SidranneGB

On 11 September 2017

In Stories

Inspired by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) – Wedding in the region of PLougastel-Daoulas (around 1868 – 1870) – Lead pencil / Watercolour – 6,02 x 7,75 inch

Yvon is extremely moved this morning. Swallowing his ritual black coffee without sugar ? He couldn’t make it. His wife had, however, prepared it and brought it to him into the bathroom, like every day now since their first date, thirty years ago. Time goes by so quickly.

Zaanse Schans

By SidranneGB

On 11 September 2017

In Cosmopolitan

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Street in a dutch village – Black stone / Watercolour – 5,39 x 6,81 inch – SOLD

It is so peaceful in the small town of Zaanse Schans. The inhabitants have lived together for generations. Nothing ever moves. Only the wings of the mill turning endlessly to the wind.

Hold-up of a jewellery store in Le Havre

By SidranneGB

On 8 September 2017

In Stories

Inspired by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) – At the beach (around 1866) – Lead pencil / Watercolour – 6,49 x 9,64 inch – SOLD

“Did you read Le Havre Presse this morning?”
– No, I never read newspapers, it gives me headaches. Moreover …
– Yes, at the hotel this morning, I took a quick look during my breakfast. I burned my tongue with their coffee much too strong to my liking.

Pearl in Rotterdam

By SidranneGB

On 8 September 2017

In Cosmopolitan

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Mills surrounded by houses – Black stone / Watercolour – 4,25 x 6,89 inch – SOLD

She’s so cold. Pearl snuggles up against her mother with her two brothers but it doesn’t seem to make the difference. She is frozen to death. As if … She’s starving too. Pearl has another try but her mother’s nipples seem empty. As if …

St. Catherine of Alexandria

By SidranneGB

On 6 September 2017

In Cosmopolitan

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Ste Catherine church in Honfleur (September 29, 1864) – Black stone / Watercolour – 5,79 x 6,89 inch

When Lea enters the little church of Honfleur, a thrill runs through her entire body. She has just stepped in the largest wooden church in France, classified as a historic monument in 1879.

Odilon Redon

By SidranneGB

On 4 September 2017

In Painters

Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) is a French Symbolist painter and engraver of the late nineteenth century. His art explores aspects of thought, the dark and esoteric side of the human soul, imprinted with the mechanisms of the dream.

John Johnston

By SidranneGB

On 4 September 2017

In Painters

John Johnston (1753-1818), is an American painter. His father is an engraver and decorative painter. When he dies, he takes over his painting company and begins to decorate clocks, furnitures, and other objects.

Johan Barthold Jongkind

By SidranneGB

On 4 September 2017

In Painters

Johan Barthold Jongkind (June 3, 1819 – February 9, 1891) is a Dutch painter, watercolourist and engraver, considered as one of the precursors of Impressionism.

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The Flying Dutchman

What you sow you reap

The wedding

Zaanse Schans

Hold-up of a jewellery store in Le Havre

Pearl in Rotterdam

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Odilon Redon

John Johnston

Johan Barthold Jongkind

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