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Tarte Tartin from Cezanne

According to Paul Cézanne, art is 'a harmony parallel to nature', not an imitation of nature. In his search for underlying structure and composition, the artist may not portray the objects and spac...

The Hare of Dürer

The Young Hare is a painting by the German artist Albrecht Dürer. Painted in 1502 in his studio. It is recognized as a masterpiece of observational art and has photographic accuracy. The fur was ca...

Kunststromingen herkennen - Lyklema Fine Art

Recognition of Art Movements

Recognizing a period in which a painting was made can be done by the technique used, the representation, the canvas used and even the material of the stretcher frame. In this blog we briefly discus...

De Kabeljauw van Dijsselhof - Lyklema Fine Art

Cod by Dijsselhof

Art & Food Lyklema Fine Art is working on a fun and inspiring project: Art & Food. Well-known and lesser-known works of art are described and serve as inspiration for a dish. We get inspira...

Technieken

Olieverf Olieverf bestaat al eeuwenlang. Schilders maakten vroeger zelf hun verf door pigmenten te vermengen met olie. Pas als je daar in had bekwaamd mocht je de meester helpen met het uitwerken ...

Het restaureren van een schilderij - Lyklema Fine Art

Restoring a piece of Art

Restoring a painting is like mening clothes or dismantling a car that you then want to rebuild without changing the structure and base. Naturally, this involves studying the work and painting techn...

Warhol: Beatrix

Lyklema Fine Art was commissioned to find a work by Warhol in its network with a unique screen print of Queen Beatrix. Through contacts from her Sotheby's days and her studies, Femke managed to ob...

Etching

In the 15th century it was discovered that an acid bites out metals and thus a representation can be made that can be used as a printing plate. A preferably copper plate is polished and provided wi...