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Ruisdael

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Ruis·dael or Ruys·dael  (rzdäl, rs-, rous-), Jacob van 1628?-1682.
Dutch landscape painter whose baroque works, such as Windmill at Wijk (c. 1665), depict the majesty of nature.
Ruisdael, Ruysdael [ˈriːzdɑːl -deɪl ˈraɪz- (Dutch) ˈrœizdaːl]
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(Biographies / Ruisdael, Jacob van (?1628-1682) M, Dutch, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Jacob van (ˈjaːkɔp van). ?1628-82, Dutch landscape painter
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The second, painters, includes Jacob van Ruisdael, Samuel Palmer, Constable, Turner, Pierre Bonnard and Howard Hodgkin.
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A dozen views of Amsterdam are proudly exhibited -- including one by Jacob van Ruisdael in which the city is nothing but a thin, blue-grey line on the horizon, surrounded by windmills and a rolling green countryside.
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Orange Waterspout, 2007, is a poster-size seascape in which the sky looms large, as in paintings by Dutch landscape master Jacob von Ruisdael.
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