Matthijs MarisDon't get lost in the fog

Lived from August 17, 1839 — August 22, 1917
Born in Netherlands
movements Realism

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Study of the head of a young woman in profile

Portrait of Jacob Maris

View of Lausanne II

The Bride

The New Haarlem Sluis at the Singel

Girl at the pump

Figures in the Woods

The Shepherdess (Monumental Conception of Humanity)

Willem Matthijs Maris with Violin

The King's Children

The Enchanted Castle

Vanished Illusions (Grief)

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