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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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Vermeer

The People’s Museum

May 27, 2011 by Margret Short

rijks museum

A myriad of glitches during our recent aborted Romance of the Rhine river cruise resulted in an an unexpected side trip to  Amsterdam. Not wanting to spend the day, yet again, on a long boring bus ride after the boat broke down, Dave and I threw up our hands in protest, got directions to the train station, and bought 2 tickets for the Fast Train to … [Read more...] about The People’s Museum

Tagged With: art, chiaroscuro, Hals, painting, Rembrandt, The Artist, renovation, Rijksmuseum, Steen, The Artist, The Night Watch, Vermeer

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