<span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Throughout her life, Van Heemskerck sought ways to express her inner world in painted compositions. Yet she never completely abandoned visible reality, despite depicting recognisable forms such as ships, bridges and trees in an increasingly abstract way, as symbols. Her drawings and paintings with powerful colours and solid contours were very successful, especially in Germany, where Van Heemskerck showed work annually at the Berlin expressionist gallery Der Sturm. [text 2023]</span>
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Throughout her life, Van Heemskerck sought ways to express her inner world in painted compositions. Yet she never completely abandoned visible reality, despite depicting recognisable forms such as ships, bridges and trees in an increasingly abstract way, as symbols. Her drawings and paintings with powerful colours and solid contours were very successful, especially in Germany, where Van Heemskerck showed work annually at the Berlin expressionist gallery Der Sturm. [text 2023]
