My father-in-law has (re)produced 70 paintings so far. He started painting approximately 40 years ago and I must say that he is really good considering he never had any formal lessons nor training in painting. Colors he would just mix in his head and he has once told me that ” everything would just fall in their places “ . Father-in-law has given away some of them to few good friends who were willing to pay for the paintings but my father in law would never sell them. It was enough for him that his friends are happy with his work.
But it wasn’t only friends who are impressed with his work, some galleries have offered him to exhibit his paintings but he always refused. Simple man that he is. NO to money (big or small amount) and NO to exhibits. And all his remaining paintings will remain in the family. Never to be given away. Probably because he has given away more than he wanted to.
Below is one of my favorites, this one hangs in his wall…in his bedroom to be exact. I’m glad he hasn’t given this one away, whew!
One time when we went to his house for a visit, I was armed with my camera with the intention of capturing his paintings so I just started shooting and came up with a bunch of pictures, so this will be a series of his work. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy taking their pictures.
” Milk Maid ” (1658-1660) by Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer (baptized October 31, 1632, died December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary bourgeois life. His entire life was spent in the town of Delft. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial painter in his lifetime. He seems to have never been particularly wealthy, perhaps due to the fact that he produced relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and eleven children in debt at his death.
Virtually forgotten for nearly two hundred years, in 1866 the art critic Thoré Bürger published an essay attributing 66 pictures to him (only 35 paintings are firmly attributed to him today). Since that time Vermeer’s reputation has grown, and he is now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, and is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. ……wikipedia source
deel 1 ( part 1) of the series.
grabe astig! pati ako napapatalon
sardonicnell said
September 17 2007 @ 11:32 pm
beautiful painting, this reminds me of ‘the girl with pearl earrings’. i think that’s also vermeer, not sure though. it’s really lovely, sis =)
iRonnie said
September 18 2007 @ 5:34 am
i was able to see the pic first before reading the write-up and i said to myself that the style is like that of vermeer. then i read that it was indeed a reproduction of a vermeer. father-in-law is really good.
thess said
September 18 2007 @ 9:02 am
SARDONICNELL: Correct! “The girl with pearl earrings” is also Vermeer’s . That’ll be included in this serie…only it wont be like what you expect it. abangan! ;)
iRonnie: Though it’s easy to spot the difference in the style, you can see that both painters are good in their light treatment. Thanks, I’ll tell my FIL you said so. :)
jeprocks said
September 18 2007 @ 1:12 pm
mabuhay ang mga alagad ng sining! ah! vermeer… the girl with the pearl earring.
your in laws’ painting…priceless..
Al said
September 18 2007 @ 7:30 pm
Ah, one of my favorite Dutch paintings. Beautifully reproduced by your father-in-law. He’s Dutch, I presume? Could be he’s got some of the Master’s blood flowing thru his veins! Btw, his (Vermeer’s)”View of Delft” made us detour to that city just to check out what the place was really like. Lotsa canals!
lino said
September 19 2007 @ 3:48 pm
i dont know vermeer nor his work, but love the colors in there auntie… FIL is really good.
iskoo said
September 19 2007 @ 6:23 pm
wala akong masasbi kundi ang husay ng lolo mo na mag reproduce ng mga paintings
thess said
September 20 2007 @ 11:15 am
JEFF: I know!! thanks for visiting..not busy?
AL: hi there! yes, FIL is dutch. oh Delft, from what I heard is really nice! I’d always pass by the city but never really gone to the heart. Do you like old paintings too?
LINO: thanks uncle..I’ll tell FIL that you said that.
ISKOO: salamat!! ay hihihi, biyenan ko at hindi lolo ..though pwede ko din syang lolo na. Salamat sa dalaw!!