Painting with a Lens

Painting with a Lens provides an overview of the rich and diverse photographic oeuvre Marie-Jeanne van Hövell tot Westerflier (1953) has created over the past 25 years.

Stillness and restraint

Van Hövell tot Westerflier is a master of photographic stillness and natural light. Her portraits and still lifes are reminiscent of famous Dutch painters such as Johannes Vermeer and Clara Peeters, while her cityscapes invoke memories of the photography of George Hendrik Breitner and Jacob Olie. Painting with a Lens is a technique she masters like no one else. She creates unique photographic images that transform the present into the past. On the occasion of her 70th birthday, her body of work, which occupies a unique position within contemporary Dutch photography, will be shown in its full breadth for the first time.