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Indeed, he noticed that the Impressionists, who were always on the lookout for modernity, had disdained this 17th century style typical of the region.
Studying the pictorial art of Rembrandt and the young Van Gogh, he found in these cottages a very particular echo to their Dutch landscapes.
After summer arrived, Hockney painted a view of the village of Beuvron- en-Auge. Its apple and pear trees in the garden are solar freshness in the celestial blue or in the morning mist.
