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4 z KYLE D. SMITH, Sheriff of Bryan County
AND HIS DEPUTIES
Artistic Views Reflect ‘Winter Wonderland’
In Bethlehem, it's the rainy
season.
In Hawaii, Santa Claus
might arrive by boat, and
Christmas could be celebrated
on a sunny beach. In Australia,
Christmas is a time for pic
nicking — it’s summer "down
under.”
Even in Northern lands, De
cember 25th does not always
provide the pleasures of a
"white Christmas.”
In spite of the varying climes
where Christmas is observed,
and in spite of the frequent
shortage of ice and snow at t he
appropriate time, the tradi
tional image of Christmas is,
and probably always will be,
a wintry, snowy landscape —
celebrated in song and story,
pictured in countless paint
ings.
The countryside under a
blanket of snow, the hillside
drifted deep in white, the trees
bent down with snow or crys
tal-bright with ice, the lakes,
rivers and streams gleaming
। in ice-covered magnificence —
। these are favorite themes in
। holiday lore, and favorite
| dreams for all those who spend
Christmas cozily among the
conveniences of modern cen
trally-heated buildings and
I modern transportation.
i The “winter wonderland” of
I ice and snow has been a fre
[ quent source of inspiration for
I artists. There’s a wealth of
I winter landscape paintings
I that, although not directly as-
I sociated with Christmas, seem
1 to set the mood and reflect the
[ spirit, of the season.
| In 16th and 17th century
| Holland, for instance, a whole
I tradition of landscape paint
[ ing was devoted solely to de
r picting winter scenes — some-
I what unusual since the winter
1 weather of Holland is not es
[ pecially cold.
| For admirers of art and
I white Christmases alike, one
I of the definitive painters of
J winter scenes is Hendrik Av
l ercamp.
I Perhaps because he devoted
I his artistic talents exclusively
i to the winter landscape, Aver-
I camp’s paintings capture to
I perfection both the beauties
I and pleasures of winter. Bare
I branches of trees etch their
I patterns against expanses of
I ice, in oontrast with the cozy
I cottages and, on the Ice, the
In 1554 he returned from
I Rome to the Netherlands, re-
I crossing the Alps on his way.
I The mountains and scenery of
L Italy made an immense im-
I pression on him, as reflected
I in the drawings he made at the
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Heiulrik Kvereani) to capture the mood anti retlerl the spirit of the holiday season. Nvereamp deroled his talents Io depicting
the winter landscapes of Holland. This painting, which is in the Kijks Museum, \msterdam. appears in the Crolier Book of \rt.
a 10-vohiiiH' rnrvrloprdia.
time.
More than the “contempor
ary” Italian art, those moun
tainous vistas influenced his
landscape style and ulti
mately inspired Avercamp and
other Flemish painters of the
ever-wonderful winter scene,
merry skaters, for an ideal
blending of the cold weather
and warm spirit of a winter
holiday.
Os Avercamp’s personal his
tory, little is known. Records
show that he was baptized in
Amsterdam in January 1585,
and buried at Kampen in 1634
His painting was influenced
by the Flemish landscape tra
dition and particularly by Pie
ter Bruegel the Elder —a
painter whose fascination with
the winter scene did much to
shape his landscape style.
The snow-covered hillsides
seen in the work of the
elder Pieter Bruegel contrast
strangely with the flat, icy ter
rain of his native Holland. The
explanation is to be found in
travels which took him to
mountainous lands.
Bruegel became a master in
the Antwerp painters’ guild in'
1551, and. shortly afterward
journeyed to France and Italv.
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The church with its bells ringing joyfully, the people
gathering in happy family groups... scenes like these, we i
believe, most appropriately express the wishes and hopes of
all, for lasting peace and contentment. Happy New Year!
Thank you for your many favors and friendly good will. 5
says the Grolier Book of Art.
K ' N ° ur wont ^ er f u '
customers, our
y’' k sincerest thanks,
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1 1 for a wonderful
O 1 Christmas . . .
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with laughter
and good cheer.
JESSE NEWMAN
County Commissioner
The Pembroke Journal, Thursday, December 21, 1967—
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