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George Hendrik Breitner |
 | | He also painted nudes, but Breitner was a grim man, so where nudes of other painters were beautiful, sensual and erotic, Breitners nudes were grim, grumpy and not sensual at all. |
 | | Because Breitner caused a small revolution of art in his own small country, he was, compared to Van Gogh, a very unknown painter abroad. |
 | | Breitner has also the honours of being one of the few dutch painters who is being referred to in a dutch saying in Amsterdam: when the streets of Amsterdam are gray and rainy, people of Amsterdam whisper grimly "Echt Breitnerweer" (Typical Breitnerweather). |
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