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I was really taken by the roughness and simplicity of these botanical sketches by Theodoor Willem Niewenhuis — they are so fresh with such clean lines and bright washes; something you would see out of a sketchbook today, though they were painted around 1895.
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And then there were these beauties by Richard Roland Holst and Theo van Hoytema from around 1892 and 1900:
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It makes me want to take a walk down to Rabat's botanical gardens with a sketchbook...
2 comments:
Tão bonitas e quanta suavidade!
Sim! Eu gosto muito destes desenhos. Eles são tão leves— light?
Beijinhos!
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