version in original Dutch: Ja ja, gij zoudt wel willen dat ieder schot een eendvogel was. (wanneer een schilderij niet bevredigend eindigde)
• Quoted by Maria Bilders-van Bosse, in her letter to A.C. Loffelt, 23 June 1895; from an excerpt of this letter in RKD-Archive, The Hague
• his comment, when a painting was not good, at the end
• Quoted by Maria Bilders-van Bosse, in her letter to A.C. Loffelt, 23 June 1895; from an excerpt of this letter in RKD-Archive, The Hague
• his comment, when a painting was not good, at the end
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Yes, of course you want every shot to be a duck-bird [a dead bird?]
— Johannes Warnardus Bilders
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Yes, of course you want every shot to be a duck-bird [a dead bird?]" in the context of "version in original Dutch: Ja ja, gij zoudt wel willen dat ieder schot een eendvogel was. (wanneer een schilderij niet bevredigend eindigde)
• Quoted by Maria Bilders-van Bosse, in her letter to A.C. Loffelt, 23 June 1895; from an excerpt of this letter in RKD-Archive, The Hague
• his comment, when a painting was not good, at the end" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Johannes Warnardus Bilders
Johannes Warnardus Bilders (18 August 1811 – 29 October 1890) was a Dutch landscape-painter who was the father of Gerard Bilders (1838–1865) and a forerunner of the Hague School. In 1880 he married the woman-painter Marie Bilders-van Bosse, his former pupil.
About Johannes Warnardus Bilders
Johannes Warnardus Bilders (18 August 1811 – 29 October 1890) was a Dutch landscape-painter who was the father of Gerard Bilders (1838–1865) and a forerunner of the Hague School. In 1880 he married the woman-painter Marie Bilders-van Bosse, his former pupil.
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