Lucy Steen van der Schuit

FRANS HALS IN THE RIJKSMUSEUM

'Boy Playing the Violin' (my favourite and beautifully framed) was one of the lovely, loose and lively painted masterpieces by our* Frans Hals in Het Rijksmuseum.

Many paintings I had never seen before (a.o. The Laughing Cavalier), not even in The Frans Hals Museum.

*Frans lived and painted in my native city Haarlem 

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80 th ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY IN NORMANDY

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THE OLYMPIC FLAME IN SAINTE MÈRE ÉGLISE

To witness today the arrival of The Olympic Flame in Sainte Mère Église, (the first liberated village in La Manche Normandy, WWII) a historic event in the midst of so many enthusiastic americain soldiers (the 80th D-Day) and French civilians, was a privilege. Sitting under the 'parachutiste' John Steele before the church, 'JO bfmtv Normandie' even made me (a tiny) part of their broadcast.

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AT LAST: VINCENT VAN GOGH IN PONT-AVEN, BRETAGNE

Vincent van Gogh wanted so much to visit Paul Gauguin in Pont-Aven but that never happened. Now, too many years after his death, Vincents spirit is finally in Pont-Aven, the village of his friends Gauguin and Meijer de Haan. In Le Musée des Beaux Arts his painting of Eugène Boch can be admired: the Anna Boch-exhibition (Eugène's sister). I just saw this painting (a loan from le Musée d'Orsay) in my favourite Breton Museum. It is absolutely wonderful, Vincent!

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GEDICHT 'DE SPIEGELING VAN DE VREDE'

De Spiegeling van de Vrede

Rimpelingen . . . 

een onderstroom 

verwekt

een warm wezen 

dat zich ziende 

baadt

in de spiegeling 

van de vrede

© Lucy Steen-van der Schuit 2024

gepubliceerd in o.a. de Vijfhoek-catalogus

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A MATTER OF TIME: A MASTERPIECE LIKE SERUSIER'S 'TALISMAN'?

Is it a matter of time? Would it be possible that another exceptional little painting like the Talisman (Serusier) could appear into our century, Caroline?

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GUÉRIN'S MISTS OF AVALON IN MUSÉE FAOUËT

Reading the book The Mists of Avalon again, I was surprised to see the magnifique calligraphy-aquarel-painting 'Comment les fées emmenèrent Artur dans L'isle de Avalon' of Ernest Guérin in Le Musée de Faouët. After visiting this museum/convent I made a lit

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ILJA REPIN, VINCENT, PAUL GAUGUIN & MEIJER DE HAAN

A new painting on canvas is born with Ilja, Vincent, Paul & Isaac in fusain and acrylic ocre jaune (untill now).

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GEDICHT DE KASTANJEBOOM, LE CHÂTAIGNIER

GEDICHT

DE KASTANJEBOOM, LE CHÂTAIGNIER 

Warme tranen, mon Garde Géant 

kwamen vannacht onverwacht om jou 

het doodsgesnerp van kettingzagen 

door je vijf stammen, nu stompen rauw 

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HARRY HABRAKEN WWII

Today the book about Luc's grandfather, the executed resistance-fighter Harry Habraken, shall be presented by the author Jan de Roos at the Rosenstock Husseyhouse, Haarlem. Harry was a friend of my Frisian grandfather Sjoerd (Oranjehotel WWII). 

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