Almost all new French art [ French Impressionism ] has for me a flat, empty character without any distance and depth in colors. The paintings look like white sheets of paper with colors on it.

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Quote of Jacob Maris, in: 'Veerpont - Jacob Maris', Frank van der Velden; Vereniging Rembrandt, Spring 2005, p. 24 | he lived for several years in Paris, till 1871

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Almost all new French art [ French Impressionism ] has for me a flat, empty character without any distance and depth in colors. The paintings look like white sheets of paper with colors on it.

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