Michael Ryan (1953)
Café Americain by Day
1993 | oil paint on canvas | 210 × 300 cm
Michael Ryan says his work shows how he experiences the world: "There are no facts about reality, only our ideas about reality."
As can be seen by this scene from inside Amsterdam’s Café Americain, Amsterdam with its exciting night-life has always been a source of inspiration to Ryan. Painting in warm colours, in a style reminiscent of the French Impressionists, he always captures street scenes, people in a café or theatre, in the context of light. Because light communicates.
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