Happy Birthday, Rembrandt van Rijn!!! by Ozcloggie
Top left: Standing beside my painting of Donna (Then a pupil, at Busby West Public School_, ) based on a picture taken, while she was sitting beside me.
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Top right: Standing beside my self-portrait, based on a picture, taken when I was teaching at Georges Hall Public School).
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Lower left: Ex-pupil, Stella, (who was in the class that I taught, at Riverstone Public School_) standing beside my painting, based on square dance practice, at Busby West Public School.
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Lower right: Standing beside my painting, in the Rembrandt Club, in Dunheved Circuit, St Marys, where an exhibition of paintings was celebrating the birthday of Rembrandt, 404 years after his birth.
On the program was the “Rembrandt wall” being unveiled, as well as the Dirk van de Lindt memorial wall. (_Dirk was much loved by Rembrandt Dutch Club members – particularly those who benefitted from his knowledge and skills, as their teacher of art.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Wgh0xRLqM
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The exhibition was part of the Rembrandt van Rijn’s birthday celebrations, including choirs singing and the band-Tonys, playing music until the last person left the building!!!
Rembrandt would have enjoyed his 404th birthday party, in western Sydney, Australia!!
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*But I have let off some steam, here!!!
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I have photographed Stella, before!
A few years ago………
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17 and 18 July, 2010, the Dutch Club, in St Marys, called Dutch Club St Marys Limited, celebrated, once again, Rembrandt’s birthday.
I cannot mention often enough, how much I admire the enthusiasm, hard work and organisational skills, of those dedicated Dutch_Australians, like the people who run the Rembrandt Club, in St Marys, the D.A.S.I. Club in Wonoona and the Concordia Club, in Newcastle, as well as the Neerlandia Club, in Frenchs Forest, who, through all sorts of functions and activities enable Dutch-Australians, first, second and third-generation, to meet up for entertainment, fun, and sharing experiences, past and present.
Old Mr Grace would say: You have all done, very well.
This is old Mr Mul(holland) saying: You are all doing very well!