Henny
This is my beautiful mother, well its a drawing of her, when she was about 12 years old.
The original photo was taken in 1956 just before she left the Netherlands, with her family, to migrate to Australia.
White conte and charcoal on grey canson paper, 120gsm.
330×220mm
The original is part of my own private collection.
Henny belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , * Painted Ladies *, Contemporary Pastel Painters (2 per day), Dutch Touch and Works On Paper
Rahul Kapoor
Nice.. Great use of charcoals..
Marilyn Brown
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Thank you Rahul.
Chris Baker
This is fantastic!! Quite electrifying :)))
Marilyn Brown
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Feeling quite humble that an artist of your calibre would visit my folio.
Thank you so much!
Chris Baker
I really like this one Marilyn! Reminds me (and yes… I know how ‘odious’ comparison are supposed to be!) of some of Egon Schiele’s portrait paintings of his wife…. Wonderful :)
Marilyn Brown
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Love Egon Schiele’s work, his work is so spontaneous. Thank you for the comparison.
Chris Baker
Just found a link to one:
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http://images.forbes.com/images/2001/11/21/feat_schiele_306×400.jpg
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Just for reference – please delete this if you wish!!
Ozcloggie
Only the best children aged 12 came here from the Netherlands, in 1956!!
Lovely work.
Marilyn Brown
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I think you guys were only a voyage apart on the same ship!
Lynda Robinson
As well as a beautiful drawing, this is a wonderful piece of history for your family to treasure.