Dutch Women Artists - Noella Roos, Judith Leyster, Marlene Dumas, Helen Berman, Ellen Schippers, Hatice Guleryuz, Lizzy Ansingh (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Noella Roos, Judith Leyster, Marlene Dumas, Helen Berman, Ellen Schippers, Hatice Guleryuz, Lizzy Ansingh, Berthe Hoola van Nooten, Charley Toorop, Coosje van Bruggen, Marjan Borsjes, Hanneke Beaumont, Emilie Boon, Rachel Ruysch, Toos van Holstein, Hilda van Stockum, Therese Schwartze, Iekeliene Stange, Anna Visscher, Rineke Dijkstra, Maria van Oosterwijk, Lara Schnitger, Dana Lixenberg, Josephine Broekhuizen, Carla van de Puttelaar, Maaike Schoorel, Lique Schoot, Els Coppens-van de Rijt, Madelon Vriesendorp, Maria Barnas, Mechtilt, Jacqueline Hassink, Hannah Yakin, Amie Dicke, Ans Markus, Henriette Ronner-Knip, Emmy Andriesse, Christina Chalon, Lotti van der Gaag, Bouktje Medema, Riek Schagen, Susanna van Steenwijk, Pietertje van Splunter, Jackie Sleper, Willemina Ogterop, Greet Grottendieck. Excerpt: Noella Roos (born 27 January 1969, Amsterdam) is a Dutch painter. Try to place the drawings and paintings of Noella Roos in a contemporary context, and you will be disappointed. The studious, energetic drawings of dancing figures and the exotic, theatrically flavoured paintings seem to be unrelated to our daily surroundings. Although Noella's search for universal emotions is in principle timeless, even the contemporary, baseball cap wearing boy evokes a nostalgic feeling and seems rather to have stepped out of the 19th century. Born into a family of artists, her talent was nourished and stimulated from early childhood. In this artistic environment Noella was given every chance to fully develop her visual qualities. As a result her paintings and drawings betray a classical and technical basis that is seldom seen in the current generation of artists. At the Dutch art academies, after all, personal development is strongly placed before mastery of technique. Noella Roos chose her own path, averse to the ongoing 'trend'. S...