So by what measure to measure the contribution of Dutches to a world civilisation? And whether it is necessary? The most important thing, that we have possibility to see their creation, to reflect over them.

How many names in constellation of great Dutch artists! Time not imperiously over them. All new and new generations will open them for themselves. To open in own way, in a new fashion, for the new, changed conditions of a life will by all means give new understanding and judgement of the past.

The Culmination of creativity Yana Vermeera (Vermera) Delftsky (1632-1675), according to many experts, is considered the well-known landscape В"the Kind of DelftВ". Marseilles Proust, the known French novelist, named it В"most prekras ache a picture in the worldВ". Stored nowadays in the Hague museum Mauritshyojs, this picture causes not falling down interest of visitors. She breathes poetry and charm. The city is represented on the second plan, its silhouettes are as though washed away, thaw in the gentle pink paints shrouding the channel because of which you as though look at a city. Surprising realness is reached and at the expense of contrasts: vibrating light tone of a water smooth surface, dark silhouettes of a city, and over it - again light, pearl clouds...

JAn Vermeer, ranked nowadays to the greatest artists, during lifetime has not been understood completely not. Its pictures with pity-and that is rare-bought bakers, dealers... In forty three years hardly making ends meet, burdened with debts and the big family the artist dies... To people with happy destiny it in any way you will not carry, and it is a pity - under other circumstances he could create more so much!

Almost at the same time in other Netherlands city - of Haarlem-attained the age another not less gifted artist-France Hale (apprx. 1581 - 1666). The destiny its tragedy is similar to destinies of many great Dutches. The founder of the remarkable portraits full of a life, movement, optimism, died in an almshouse, died in poverty. And then, already after his death, these cloths have brought to owners such riches which and did not dream them...

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