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version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) Schilderen doe ik uit mijn hoofd [over zijn verhuizing van landelijk Friesland naar de stad Amsterdam].
 • quoted by Hans Redeker (before 1967), in Gerrit Benner; Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1967; as cited by Susan van den Berg in 'Benner en Bregman', website 'de Moanne', 1 Sept. 2008, note xix
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I paint from my head [about his move from rural Friesland to the city of Amsterdam]. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

— Gerrit Benner

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I paint from my head [about his move from rural Friesland to the city of Amsterdam]. (translation from Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)" in the context of "version in original Dutch (citaat van Gerrit Benner, in het Nederlands:) Schilderen doe ik uit mijn hoofd [over zijn verhuizing van landelijk Friesland naar de stad Amsterdam].
 • quoted by Hans Redeker (before 1967), in Gerrit Benner; Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1967; as cited by Susan van den Berg in 'Benner en Bregman', website 'de Moanne', 1 Sept. 2008, note xix" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Gerrit Benner

Gerrit Benner (Leeuwarden, 31 July 1897 - Nijemirdum, 15 Nov. 1981) was a Dutch painter, famous for his landscape-paintings. His expressive style moved between figurative and abstract, during his life.