(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Herman Kruyder:) Nu pas zie ik waartoe ik in staat ben en ik begrijp niet dat ik het doek in mijn kleine voorkamer [1928, in Blaricum] heb kunnen maken.
 • Kruyder, c. 1931; as quoted by Regnault in his Memories; as cited in Herman Kruyder 1881 – 1935: gedoemde scheppingen, ed. Mabel Hoogendonk; (ISBN 90-400-9905-7), Waanders, Zwolle 1997, p. 30
 • Kruyder's reaction after seeing his own painting 'Groot landschap uit Limburg' hanging in a large room of the house of his art-buyer P.A. Regnault
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Only now I see what I am capable of and I don't understand that I have been able to make this canvas in my small front room [1928, in Blaricum]. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)

— Herman Kruyder

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Only now I see what I am capable of and I don't understand that I have been able to make this canvas in my small front room [1928, in Blaricum]. (translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018)" in the context of "(version in original Dutch / origineel citaat van Herman Kruyder:) Nu pas zie ik waartoe ik in staat ben en ik begrijp niet dat ik het doek in mijn kleine voorkamer [1928, in Blaricum] heb kunnen maken.
 • Kruyder, c. 1931; as quoted by Regnault in his Memories; as cited in Herman Kruyder 1881 – 1935: gedoemde scheppingen, ed. Mabel Hoogendonk; (ISBN 90-400-9905-7), Waanders, Zwolle 1997, p. 30
 • Kruyder's reaction after seeing his own painting 'Groot landschap uit Limburg' hanging in a large room of the house of his art-buyer P.A. Regnault" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Herman Kruyder

About Herman Kruyder

Herman Kruyder (Lage Vuursche, 7 June 1881 – Amsterdam, 29 April 1935) was a Dutch painter in the time of dutch Expressionism, who made many paintings of animals and landscape, but always with a lot of imagination. He frequently had his mental breakdowns but recovered, as did his wife, the artist Jo Bouman