European canal journeys fit for king Sep 21, 2008
Starting in the village of Zaanse, Holland, with visits to clog makers and a cheese farm, the barge moves on to the flower auction at Aalsmeer, to Gouda for cheese and 15th-century architecture, to Delft, where Jan Vermeer lived and painted and the Dutch East India Co. began, and the Delft ceramic factory is located. After a stop at Leiden, where the Pilgrims lived before coming to America, the vessel makes stops to see Old Masters at the Franz Hals Museum in Haarlem. (Boston Globe)
McCartney contemplates art to forget Dec 7, 2007
The Beatles legend, who is currently embroiled in a battle with estranged wife Heather Mills, regularly visits north London's Kenwood House art gallery to spend time looking at The Guitar Player - a 17th Century piece by Jan Vermeer. A source said, "Paul is obsessed with the painting, which features a teenage girl strumming a guitar. He uses the gallery as a haven during his divorce from Heather. He often spends more than 40 minutes staring at The Guitar Player.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
In Which World Gallery Nov 12, 2007
The View of Delft by Jan Vermeer ... The Artist s Studio by Jan Vermeer. (Suite101.com)
Johannes Vermeer Jun 10, 2007
Jan Vermeer produced only 35 or 36 paintings in his lifetime, but today is one of the most respected artists of the European tradition. Vermeer s paintings show people going about their daily routines in settings infused with light in both cool blue shades and warm yellow shades. (Suite101.com)
The Millionaire Forger Feb 24, 2007
He studied his hero, Jan Vermeer and taught himself to mix pigment the way Vermeer did. He invented an oven for drying his paint that would provide the craquelure of an authentic Vermeer. (Suite101.com)
