In the month of July meets Children of the Sea

by Hilde Remerie – Digital Art, Bauhaus & Photography

‘In the Month of July Meets Children of the Sea’ is a unique digital composition in which two classic Dutch painting traditions come together. The work combines the polder landscape and the characteristic windmill from Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël’s *In the Month of July* with a subtle reference to Jozef Israëls’ *Children of the Sea*.

The windmill forms the central image and is reflected in the calm waters of the polder. Surrounding it unfolds a typical Dutch landscape with green meadows, ditch water and a vast sky filled with large, light clouds. The small figures and details by the water add a surprising element to this composite scene.

The colours are subdued and natural: blue-green and petrol in the sky and water, combined with cream, beige, olive green, brown and shades of ochre. This gives the work a peaceful, nostalgic feel reminiscent of classical Dutch landscape painting and the Hague School.

This Dutch landscape art is particularly suited to lovers of windmills, Dutch polders, classical painting and historical Dutch art. Beautiful as atmospheric wall decoration in a rustic, classical, modern or natural interior.

A contemporary homage to two well-known Dutch paintings, in which windmills, water, clouds and polder landscapes come together in a single tranquil composition.