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1990 WATERCOLOR CM. 30 X 50 / in. 11¾ X 19¾, pRivATE COLLECTiOn dEnMARk
er outlook is impressionistic since the impressionists, it has er painting identifies itself
Hand gives the aesthetic unity become the fundamental element of H with the act of natural
to her paintings which render “the painting, by being sometimes turned creation. The artist is lucid,
impression” of the world such as it into subject matter. critical and has a scholarly, yet
was felt directly by the artist. What highly personal expression in her
is important in her work is her n the northern scenery Ligia has pictures. She is thoughtful
special vision, which the artist has Idiscovered light and color without troubling the balance of
formed about things and not about according to her own manner. That the natural elements. Her pictures
what she knows about them. Andre light and atmosphere have moved are at the same time moral.
Gide said in that respect in Les and prompted her to paint. She Nature has become the confident
Nourritures Terrestres, “Any act of therefore paints swiftly, as swiftly of the artist. The fragility of the
knowledge which follows a as possible, spontaneously and snapshot, the life out-of doors,
sensation is useless.” sincerely, in order to render the the swift on-the spot sketches are
evanescent impression, the effect still at the beginning.
othing excites more directly which transient light leaves on the
Nthe reaction of a sensation landscape. In this lies the beauty of he artist is closely linked to
than light and its various shades. her art. She achieves an exact T the scenery, to what we might
Although light had already been the image of the luminous nature, call the spirit of the place, to her
concern of painters in other epochs, genuinely, sincerely, spontaneously personal aesthetics and less to the
in contemporary art, particularly and truly. technique of the impressionists.
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