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Margret E. Short Fine Arts

Portland, Oregon artist Margret Short - a modern day master of 17th Century Dutch art using the chiaroscuro technique to create still life and floral paintings.

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Lessons from the Low Country

Each work is inspired by the color palette of a select painting in the exhibit Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, which traveled the United States in 2006-2007.

Suleyman’s Legend

June 6, 2007 by Margret Short

Suleyman's Legend by Margret E. Short 2007 Oil on Linen  20x16  Painting #11  Sold                                Lessons from the Low Countries         Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Copyright Margret … [Read more...] about Suleyman’s Legend

The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip Inspiration

June 6, 2007 by Margret Short

Still Life with Fruit and Oysters           by Abraham Mignon Inpsiration for The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip Painting #10 Lessons from the Low Countries  Margret E. Short                                … [Read more...] about The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip Inspiration

The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip

June 6, 2007 by Margret Short

The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip           by Margret E. Short  2007, 30 x 36    Oil on Linen Painting #10 Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon June 1 through 30, 2007 Copyright Margret E. Short Photography Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, … [Read more...] about The Botany Lesson of Dr. Tulip

The Travels of Peter Mundy Inspiration

June 6, 2007 by Margret Short

The Denial of St. Peter by Rembrandt   Inspiration for The Travels of Peter Mundy    Painting #9 by Marget E. Short Lessons from the Low Countries   June 1 through 30, 2007         Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art image by special … [Read more...] about The Travels of Peter Mundy Inspiration

The Travels of Peter Mundy

June 5, 2007 by Margret Short

By Margret E. Short 2007 Painting #9  Sold Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon June 1 through 30, 2007 Copyright Margret E. Short Photography by Ben Reed, NW Photo and Digital, Oregon City, Oregon … [Read more...] about The Travels of Peter Mundy

The Secret Life of Iris Inspiration

June 3, 2007 by Margret Short

The Idolatry of King Solomon by Salomon Koninck  Inspiration for The Secret Life of Iris painting #8 Lessons from the Low Countries Exhibit  June 1 through 30, 2007 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Images by special permission Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. … [Read more...] about The Secret Life of Iris Inspiration

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