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  • RIJKSMUSEUM & PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

    23 maart 2014

    Today, Rembrandts amazing paintings (Nightwatch) shall be admired by president Barack Obama of the USA. He and his staff are staying at Huis Ter Duin in Noordwijk where my daughter and son-in-law spent their honeymoon.

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  • LINO-CUTTING

    21 maart 2014

    Almost every pupil (18 to 70 years old) came back for a second and third time to make a lino-cut in several colours. All very enthousiastic and gratefull.

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  • TEYLERS MUSEUM AND THE TRETYAKOV GALLERY

    8 maart 2014

    Paintings of the Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) and Teylers form a magnificent exhibition in Haarlem.  To-morrow Midas Dekkers (who made some unforgettable little drawings in my little Brown Book) will be interviewed at Teylers about his new book.

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  • PAINTING WITH PEOLPLE WHO HAVE ALZHEIMER

    25 februari 2014

    An unforgettable day: painting with people who have Alzheimer disease. Horses and chickens were never so beautifully painted.

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  • СОЧИ (SOCHI): NEDERLAND EN CHELYABINSK

    16 februari 2014

    Again a special contact of The Netherlands with Chelyabinsk. This time: skating in Sochi (Сочи). Another 'Sweep' : three Dutch women-skaters as champion.

    I made many sketches of our skaters so a painting HAS to be made . . .

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  • A NEW VINCENT VAN GOGH MUSEUM IN ARLES, FRANCE

    11 februari 2014

    The inauguration of the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles will be realised by the President of France: Mr. Hollande, Friday April 4th 2014. Architects: from the French FLUOR agency, Lyon.

    Coincidence Caroline? :

    In the 60-ies I started working at the American FLUOR office in Haarlem: Engineers and constructors in the Oil and Chemical Industries. I worked there for 20 years. The French Foundation and 'my' American Fluor are not related.

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  • MASTERCLASS 'REALISME'

    24 januari 2014

    Thank you Tatyana Yassievich for your inspiring Masterclass (Wackersacademie Realisme-beurs Amsterdam). 

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  • KUNST ZIJ ONS DOEL

    5 januari 2014

    As promised: to the KZOD Opening of the New year 2014. Two of my collegues participated in the exhibition at KZOD. Nuel Gieles, Haarlems Stadsdichter (poet of Haarlem) wrote a beautiful little story in my Brown Book which is getting really special now: Joost Swarte, Midas Dekkers, David Bade, Ans Markus, Schiffmacher, Maire Bernt Schneider etc. made their contribution in it.

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  • THE STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY & TEYLERS MUSEUM

    4 januari 2014

    Again I visited the Hermitage. Now to admire the exhibition of Tatyana Yassievich and others.

    The children (and I) were very enthousiastic about the etching-workshop at Teylers museum. The teacher wanted to have one of my etching-prints: I had made a drawing-connection of Teylers museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) because they shall exhibit their most beautiful romantic paintings in a single joint exhibition. Tretyakov: Nov 7 to Jan.12 (2014), Teylers: Feb.1 to May 25.

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  • TEYLERS MUSEUM

    31 december 2013

    Next year, this coming Friday, my two grandchildren and I shall visit the Teylers-museum to experience an etching-workshop 'Etching the way Rembrandt did'. The workshop is initiated by the Rembrandthuis Amsterdam.

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