Belgium, Some of my favourite paintings
I was thinking maybe this would be a nice encore to my latest series of blogs about my country. One of my major passions.. I am no expert in any way but i do recognise wonderfull paintings when i see one.One of my favourite painters is Rene magritte.. the creativity of this man was so wonderfull. I suppose he is a classical belgian.
a few of his most famous works.
another painting i really admire is the Lamb of God.. It is located in ghent only a few miles from my home and I have been watching it numerous times. It is also very famous because of the missing parts that were stolen long time ago.
Painted by the brothers Van eyck
This is when it is open..
The same painting but closed..
And 2 more favourites of mine.. pieter breughel.
The elder
and the younger
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Again this is just a small part of what Belgium has to offer but it should give you an idea to get started.
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ceci n'est pas une pipe.. this isn't a pipe..
and its true.. it isn't a pipe.. it is a painting of a pipe.. and it this case i guess it would be a picture of a painting of a pipe.
and the Grand Plas, and Atomium... really an art on their own.
A wide range of diversity.
Simmo, Belgium has been at one point the 4th or maybe even 3rd most important country in the world. We have been an important country for many scientist and artists. People as van gogh rembrandt all spend much of their time in our big cities as antwerp and brussels. Their is so many things to pick from. But these were a few of my favourites. If only someday I could have some of these hanging in my living room.
I have never told you this, but a good mate of mine is Belgium and every year he insists that we and some other mates go to a Belguim dance/festival with him.
Tis always a great night.
I cant remember what the reason is for the festival but it is always a good night, and they are a very proud race.
One of the best parties i've been to these last few years was when we gotten the world record of days withour goverment that i mentioned on one of the other Belgium blogs i've put up yesterday. But my favorite event would be the "gentse feesten".. Its a city festival that goes on for 10 days with allot of stages troughout the city party non-stop if ya want. Also allot of cultural events are being organised then special expositions and shows and all that. But most will go for the music and the beers.
And some of the women....oh la la.....
Here is a clip from the gentse feesten
its the opening parade of this year.. It has some really wonderfull street artists in it.
I'm off to bed as i am pretty sure i can hear my bed calling me....