Pit van Loo (1905-1991)
Near Groot Maarslag
1973 | oil paint on canvas | 80 × 100 cm
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Does that also go for something’s importance?
Groot Maarslag is the name of a wierde – an artificial mound that protects the area in the event of high water – in the Dutch province of Groningen. In Pit van Loo's painting, what we do not see is that Groot Maarslag is only a handful of farms. He depicts the area expansively, with the landscape seeming to continue far beyond the boundaries of the painting.
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