Matthijs Maris
The Hague 1839 – London 1917
Girl with Goat and Kid
1872
Oil on canvas
22.8 x 29.8 cm
Purchase, gift of Redpath Industries Ltd. and members of the family of Guy M. Drummond, Q.C. in his memory, and contribution of the Government of Canada under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, inv. 1988.18
Western Art
“My paintings are the incomplete expression of my thoughts; they belong to me, are part of my soul, and only I can understand them and realize how insufficient they are to express that which is in me.” Matthijs Maris, like his brothers, belonged to the second generation of the Hague School, but he eventually moved away from Realism towards a Symbolist-inspired style. Early in his career, he became familiar with the German Romantics. He had a close relationship with his elder brother, Jacob, who was his mentor. In his view, painting should go beyond the tangible world, and his style became evermore dreamlike. His paintings turned into visions of another world. In 1887, Maris began to lead a solitary life, reworking his paintings over and over again with thin layers of paint until the subject became nearly indecipherable.
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