Bosgrond met een slang, hagedissen, vlinders en andere insecten
Otto Marseus van Schrieck, ca 1650-1678
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Sottobosco obsession
I am fascinated by the dark and peculiar works of Otto Marseus van Schrieck, a seventeenth-century Dutch painter who dedicated his life's work to painting the ground. Or more accurately, depicting shadowy undergrowths infused with imaginative chiaroscuro dramas. A few places to learn more: http://www.sphinxfineart.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&objectid=130379 and http://urbanplants.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/holland-looking-at-the-ground-sottobosco-painting/.
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