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Item Ships From: Benelux
Oosterbeek - 07-04-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Oosterbeek - 07-04-20 I always find it difficult to draw an impressionistic blossom tree without falling back to depict branches and the blossom in a rather symbolic or linear way...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Oosterbeek - 07-04-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Oosterbeek - 07-04-20 The second one of Oosterbeek this week and I chose a specific spot in the park where there is a bend in brook running through it. I found the reflections of ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Roundism - 27-04-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism - 27-04-20 The next drawing in my solarized roundism series. It forms a transition from my previous abstracted cubist geometry towards a crossover to realism and surreali...
Category
2010s Surrealist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Carbon Pencil
The Venus of The Hague - 09-07-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
The Venus of The Hague - 09-07-20 Animals kept crawling in so it was inevitable to incorporate them into these series. The first one I saw was a lioness in her thight and second t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Batenburg - 02-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Batenburg - 02-08-20 As you may know I often wander about and astray through landscapes I have never been before or in this particular case I know all too well. Batenburg is not f...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Bedside Moonlighting - 31-08-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Bedside Moonlighting - 31-08-20 On the Bedside My model and I were looking for intesting poses and on the bedside there it was: a beautiful one with some interesting lighting. So...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Notenboompark - 18-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Notenboompark - 18-09-20 Notenboompark The shortest way to my studio where I teach is via the Prins Bernhardlaan in Voorburg, Netherlands but once in a while I take a slight deto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Golden - 27-01-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Eldorado This nude pastel drawing in the Golden series resembles a previous pastel 'Nude - 02-02-19' a bit. However, I put the stress on skin hues in order to stay in line with the ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Golden - 01-02-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Golden - 01-02-21 One Color is No Color This pastel is in line with my previous pastel drawing 'Golden - 28-01-21' but that one looks rather monochrome. Time it was to add some m...
Category
2010s Cubist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen - 15-03-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Het Depot Rotterdam's latest acquisition is the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. There was this online première in Januari 2021 during corona times but it drew less attention than deserved. Upon my word, I declare 'Het Depot' or in slang Rotterdam 'De Pot', a new wonder of the world. Surely it looks like a rather plump shiny pot but it is grand and stacked full of art. Boijmans therefor is the first to offer access to its entire collection in this new art storage...
Category
2010s Surrealist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Rotterdam - 01-05-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Rotterdam Revisited After my last drawing of Rotterdam (Het Depot - 15-03-21) I thought it was time to do another drawing. I had something vague in mind: something impressionistic a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres) - 16-05-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Lost and Found Again It has been a while since I wandered through the Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen). In 2014 to be precise. Hatert Meres 09 (2014) was my last pastel of that series...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Venus Lamenting - 13-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Just Another Artistic Motif This graphite pencil drawing ˜Venus Lamenting “ 13-01-23 is a special one. It is an indictment of prudishness. My second to last one ˜Roundism “ 30-12-22 apparently shook up a bunch of people. Comments varied from great to ˜yet another tit pic. There also were prudes from various countries who scorned me for the subject nudity anyway. Throughout the years I became used to these reactions somehow. I also take into account the fact people from each and any nation are present on social media nowadays. With this variety comes a whole set of different opinions and views of life. I cherish them all. That is, as long as they cherish my opinion back. If they dont, then this art statement is for all those who lack the word reciprocity in their dictionary. Climbing the Barricades Personally I think the nude can be as much an artistic motif as any other. In fact I dont complain in the least about a world of other motifs. One could like to depict golden retrievers, red roses and other darling, save and sound themes. I see them on a daily basis on Instagram and Facebook among others. I probably wouldnt have made a big fuss because of contempt shown in the past. Thats what an artist is all about. I even like to provoke with my nudes a bit. A bit of sexiness but not too much. Just to be able to deny the presence of too much of it by underligning artistic aspects as well. Hmm, a bit of risque here an there. I love it! Why climb the barricades once again? Heres why. ArtKitchen In a dutch paper, called ˜NRC there was this item on Jeannette Dekeukeleires. She is the gallery owner of ArtKitchen in Amsterdam, known for its stimulating and provocative art...
Category
2010s Art Deco Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Reclining Nude – 19-09-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
A New Session This reclining nude is completed two days after the last model session I held at my studio. Being the first drawing I completed after July’s session means last month’s drawing has not been completed yet. This one was relatively easy though. It comprises a fairly simple composition with no technical or compositionary challenges. I could focus on soft skin textures and folds in the sheets. First I made a rough estimation of the composition in charcoal. I worked it out with Conté pastel pencils (black and white) later. Relax Baby! After the completion of my colored pencil drawing ‘Leiden – Herengracht – 14-09-21’ I was in the mood for some simple stuff, nothing fancy. So I had her take a comfortable position, reading a book on paradoxes I bought a couple of weeks ago at the Groninger Museum. I like these talks with my model because it both makes us relax and somehow this relaxation speaks through the musculature in her back. I tried to capture that and I think I got away with it. Moreover, the bond between artist and model is important and when the right chemistry is there, magic can happen. Materials Completely coincidental the first thing I pulled out of the bag of drawing paper was a block of Strathmore Toned Gray. In my pencil and pastel case I found an old charcoal holder. Perfect for a session on the bed with me sketching on the bedside. When I come to think of it, the best model sessions are improvised, not fixated on too many poses. It can cramp both model and artist. The iPad Pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Geesje Kwak – 13-08-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Another Meet-up After I drew the portrait of Geesje Kwak last month I discovered another picture taken by Breitner. It is slightly different and shows a bigger part of her body ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Geesje Kwak – 29-08-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
In a Garden Breitner took a couple of pictures of her in some backyard, perhaps his own. Who knows? They are a bit grainy and it might be the same spot as in my graphite pencil dr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Geesje Kwak – 04-09-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Hatching against the Form My previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Geesje Kwak – 25-08-21’ was executed in my hatched strokes style and I kinda like it. Sometimes you just feel ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Free Floating Blue Wave Nude - 10-02-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Color Addition This pastel drawing ‘Free Floating Blue Wave Nude – 10-02-21’ is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 19-07-16’. In my art statement to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Roundism – 18-01-18, Drawing, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 18-01-18 Based on my previous graphite drawing ‘Roundism – 11-01-18’ I made this one in pastel, allowing me to study the female body covered in oil. I tried to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Lakshmi – 16-02-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Lakshmi – 16-02-21 Indian Goddess At last: I discovered my regular model is Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, fortune, love, beauty, joy and prosperity. In Indian art she is often depicted as a golden-coloured woman; elegantly dressed and prosperity-showering. She also is associated with lotus flowers, so I made an arcade of styled lotus petals. I turned them into representational abstractions like the ones I saw in indian drawings and paintings. Colors are strong on purpose such as in indian art. I harmonized colors a bit more though in style with western tradition. Klimt as Inspirational Source Some time ago with my model I discussed some new ways I wanted to explore. For no particular reason we both thought of Klimt and especially his oil of Judith and the head of Holofernes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Model session – 17-01-19, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Model session – 17-01-19 Last Thursday it was time for my regular model to sit for me in my studio. I keep a clean blanket for her she can sit on. Since she is small and the bla...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Japanese garden 1 (2014), Drawing, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
The Japanese garden 2 (2014) The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate 'Clingendael' at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Japanese garden 2 (2014), Drawing, Pastels on Other
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
The Japanese garden 2 (2014) The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate 'Clingendael' at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Portrait of a painter
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER
1943
Watercolor on paper
68 x 53 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn van T...
Category
1940s Expressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Rustende wieders
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
RESTING WIEDERS
1945
Watercolor on paper
58 x 39 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right "Quirijn van Tiel 45"....
Category
1940s Expressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bird
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
HAAN
1947
Gouache on paper
55 x 33 cm.
Signed: lower right
Provenance: Private collection, the Netherla...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Peinzende man
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
PEINZENDE MAN
1945
watercolor on paper
36 x 46 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left ‘Quirijn van Tiel 45’
Pr...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attributed to Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859)
Hanging scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry in Uraga Bay, annotate...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
1854 Funeral of R. Williams at Gyokusen-ji Temple, Shimoda, with Commodore Perry
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wilhelm Heine (Dresden 30 January 1827-Löbnitz 5 October 1885)
‘Funeral of Robert Williams in the cemetery of the Temple Gyokusen-ji at Shimoda in April 1854’
With a sticker on the reverse of the frame by Coupil & Co. 1855
Watercolour on paper, H. 57 x W. 92 cm
Depicted is the Bay of Shimoda with seven American ships including the two paddle-wheel warships USS Mississippi and Susquehanna. On the Gyokus- en-ji temple grounds on the right is the coffin in the middle with the remains of US marine Robert Williams, ready to be lowered into the grave. Looking on from the left are the Buddhist monks and Japanese officials who joined the first Christian funeral on Japanese soil. Around the grave are US marines, Commodore Perry...
Category
Mid-19th Century Benelux - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
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