Valparaiso.

When I made this water-colour a few years ago in Valparaiso, Chile, the Dutch ship the Beagle was lying in the harbour. It was a magnificent sight.

Sculpture of the artist Hendrik Willem Mesdag.

After the lecture.

From left to right, me, Edwin Becker, Mitch Raemaekers.

Edwin Becker.

Opening of the lecture.

Painting display at Mesdag museum, The Hague.

Yesterday one of my paintings, an early study after John Singer Sargent’s portrait of George Henschel, was displayed at a lecture by Edwin Becker, Head curator exhibitions of the Van Gogh museum, at the Mesdag museum in The Hague. The lecture was accompanied by music performed by Edwin Becker and Mitch Raemaekers. A very nice day and a great honour. More pictures follow.