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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 245655, member: 2844"]The people in the paintings by Jan Balet all seem to have eery eyes in small heads, the people in this one don't. Balet paintings often have a slightly menacing look, this painting looks much more friendly. And his titles are all in German, this one is clearly French.</p><p>We used to get a lot of these French naive paintings of various old-style shops here in The Netherlands in the 70s-80s. There was also a series on 19th century pugilists. All of those French naive paintings were charming and made with a sense of humour.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 245655, member: 2844"]The people in the paintings by Jan Balet all seem to have eery eyes in small heads, the people in this one don't. Balet paintings often have a slightly menacing look, this painting looks much more friendly. And his titles are all in German, this one is clearly French. We used to get a lot of these French naive paintings of various old-style shops here in The Netherlands in the 70s-80s. There was also a series on 19th century pugilists. All of those French naive paintings were charming and made with a sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
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