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Michiel Schrijver (1957) studied at Camberwell School of Arts in Londen.
"Travelling along the horizon"
"Travel fuels the imagination" is a variant on an old saying which certainly applies to Michiel Schrijver. Painting is a form of travel for him, after all. And the way it amazes him is a great motivation to paint. Amazement at everything he discovers en route in his inner world, because that is what appears in his paintings.
Sketch books full of ideas precede a painting, and that one sketch which can withstand the test of criticism will be captured on canvas. It is a world in which architecture plays an important role, and in which, above which or within which people can be found. Michiel Schrijver's world does not exist, but is nevertheless very realistic. With a little imagination, we can enter houses, walk down the streets and wander from one painting to another in order to continue our journey. Schrijver's painted world is a world of desire and each painting is a stop along the way.
We pause for a moment, look around us, savour the light and move on.
Michiel Schrijver

"Travelling along the horizon"
"Travel fuels the imagination" is a variant on an old saying which certainly applies to Michiel Schrijver. Painting is a form of travel for him, after all. And the way it amazes him is a great motivation to paint. Amazement at everything he discovers en route in his inner world, because that is what appears in his paintings.
Sketch books full of ideas precede a painting, and that one sketch which can withstand the test of criticism will be captured on canvas. It is a world in which architecture plays an important role, and in which, above which or within which people can be found. Michiel Schrijver's world does not exist, but is nevertheless very realistic. With a little imagination, we can enter houses, walk down the streets and wander from one painting to another in order to continue our journey. Schrijver's painted world is a world of desire and each painting is a stop along the way.
We pause for a moment, look around us, savour the light and move on.
Website: www.michielschrijver.nl
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Artworks

24369
60x80cm
En passant

24368
60x80cm
A rare discovery

24367
100x110cm
In the cavity of the sea

24366
110x90cm
Woman from the east

24365
90x110cm
Shallow ports

24364
80x110cm
Embracing the city

24363
70x120cm
Date with time

24362
55x110cm
Ode to history

24361
90x100cm
Hymn to the moon

24360
90x90cm
The faithful watchman

24359
90x90cm
Happy hours

24358
90x90cm
In the lee of the tree

24357
80x80cm
Silent reader

24103
100x100cm
New insights

24102
100x100cm
Pastness

24101
100x100cm
Evening reception

24100
110x100cm
The origin of chance

24099
100x90cm
Waiting in emptiness

24098
110x80cm
Beyond borders

24097
110x80cm
Hopefull light at midnight

24096
100x80cm
An unknown memory

24095
100x80cm
Summer swell at ebb tide

24094
90x80cm
Windless hours

24093
70x120cm
Silent hints

24092
70x110cm
Talking to the other side

24091
70x120cm
Flowing together

24090
55x110cm
Moving stories

24089
31.8x29.5cm
Daan

23557
100x90cm
Cloud dialogue

23556
60x120cm
Broad view