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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Bartus Korteling
The Legacy of the Smedenstraat In the narrow streets of Deventer, where the scent of pigment and oil once lingered in the air, the Korteling name was woven into the very fabric of the city's creative life. Born in 1853, Bartus Korteling emerged from a lineage of craftsmen who understood the alchemy of color. His family had established a foundation in the Smedenstraat, where his forefather, Gerhard, spent his days preparing paints by han
d and preserving the ancient methods of the trade. This upbringing meant that for Bartus, art was not a distant pursuit but a tangible, daily reality shaped by the textures of raw materials and the discipline of the workshop. He did not merely inherit a trade; he inherited a way of seeing. While his ancestors focused on the production of the medium itself, Bartus sought to master the application of it. His life was deeply rooted in the…