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Inventory
Collection Number: 
17291
Building: 
Current Location: 
Missouri Valley Room
Floor: 
5th
Object Description
Artist Dates: 
1940 - Current
Artist Nationality: 
Dutch
Object Type: 
Details: 
This is a reproduction print of an oil painting now housed behind double matting in a distressed frame.
Framed: 
Yes
 - Plexi
Length: 
25 3/4 inches
Width: 
3/4 inches
Height: 
21 3/4 inches
Description: 

This work features four young girls seated against flowered foliage. They break into pairs and appear to examine flowers picked from the shrubbery. This work was painted in an impressionist style of painting. Where the details are substituted for swatches of color that convey the light and emotion of this warm and whimsical day. Pastel colors dissipate into white, seemingly framing the scene in bright sunlight. The colors extend onto the outermost layer of matting with a solid light pink layer of matting separating them. The original painting was by impressionist painter Willem Haenraets. As early as the age of 16, Haenraets studied at the Academy of Arts in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and furthered his education at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: 
Yes
Make slides or videotapes for educational use: 
Yes
Permit the general public to photograph the work : 
Yes