August 17, 1839: Dutch artist Matthijs Maris is born.

Despite helping found the Hague School with his two brothers, Matthijs himself eventually drifted away from its classically realistic style, embracing a softer, more modern approach. He died 5 days after his 78th birthday. 🎨

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Unicorn + fairies... illustrator Michael Hague gives us two for the price of one in this gorgeous illustration that appears in Good Night, Fairies.

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Egon Schiele is celebrated for his singular style of draftsmanship and unusual use of color.

“Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Standing (Edith Schiele in Striped Dress)," 1915. Collection Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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View of The Hague ('Paddemoes'), Vincent van Gogh, https://t.co/Z12kP42q91 (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Sand Diggers in Dekkersduin near The Hague, Vincent van Gogh, https://t.co/qgl1gPWq5N (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Ever thought about transport by Griffin?
Lambert of Saint Omer: Liber Floridus. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Ms. 72 A 23, fol. 46

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Two Women with a Candle or Old Woman and Young Woman with a Candle is a 1616-1617 painting by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. It remained in the artist's possession until his death in 1640.

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I spent some lovely days with my siblings and their partners last week, visiting my brother in his new home in The Hague. practiced drawing them from photos taken last weekend. The coloured pencil makes it so happy and vibrant which is exactly how the time with them always is.🧡

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Good Night, Fairies by Michael Hague

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Circle of Joachim Patinir (ca. 1480-1524)

A panoramic landscape with Saint Christopher
oil on panel, 28x35 cm
Provenance: Collection S. Nijstad, The Hague.

Est 5k€
Hammer price 125 000 €


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Dutch writer, illustrator, theatrical designer ~ born in Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies; studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague ~ worked for the resistance during World War II ~

Rie Cramer ~ 1887~1977

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Illustrations by Michael Hague for a 1987 edition of THE HOBBIT.

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Happy and This poster by Dutch artist Jan Toorop was for the Hague's 1898 National Woman’s Labour Exhibition, which had the goal to improve women's wages and working conditions.

More posters from Toorop here: https://t.co/3ZrouQ0bJB

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Carriages at Hollands Spoor Station, The Hague, Pieter de Josselin de Jong, The Hague Municipal Archives https://t.co/DgRX92mYrP (Palette: 🖌🎨

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This is Pre-Raphaelite Valentine Cameron Prinsep's, ‘The flower seller’, showcased on Farrow and Ball's Hague Blue 30, exhibited at stand A5 at BADA, Duke of York Square on 20-27 March.⁣⁣
For an invite to the fair please DM me.
Thanks to for this collaboration

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. Happiest I can't imagine my life without the illustrators I've loved. Too many for one, I've had to do a top four. Wump World - B. Peet. Wind in the Willows - M. Hague. Where the Wild Things Are - M. Sendak. Cicely Mary Barker <3

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The Magic of Snow - Winter Landscape paintings by Louis Apol, Dutch painter, one of the most prominent representatives of the Hague School

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