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Stormy History Ever: The city had a stormy history beginning with its capture by Frisian peasants in the 15th century, during the uprisings against Burgundian rule. In 1573 it was taken by the Spaniards after heroic resistance but was captured in 1577 for the united northern provinces by William the Silent, Prince of Orange.It achieved independence in 1830, after a decade of revolution, but with only about one third its present territory and with a majority of Greeks still under Ottoman rule. Relatively poor in natural resources, it has had a stormy history ever since. Until the years immediately following World War I, irre-dentism preoccupied the people, limited internal development of the country, and poisoned Greek-Turkish relations.
Particularly attracted to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, but he also saw paintings by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas and Pierre Bonnard in art dealers' shops. In Paris, at last, he could feel that freedom from conventions and traditions which his stormy nature had been longing for. This is where he found the necessary openness for his artistic experiments. |
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