Biography of Mattie Schilders

Nature as the largest source of inspiration brought Mattie Schilders to continuously for a period of about eight years to be busy with the theme landscape in his most diverse capacity. First these were Dutch landscapes, later American. The latter were of great importance to Mattie Schilders by the many trips by American desert areas. The years that followed were marked by the human form, placed in a scenic environment. Sobriety in form, simplicity in color attributes these works. The great interest for various forms of modern music, the desire to give shape and color to the relationship sound and image, are the cause for a new episode. In the work of Schilders is to see a development of Mattie a special kind of naturalism to an almost lyrical-abstract show. He also uses a very expressive style with a very intense use of colour, especially after his trip to Eastern Turkey, where a huge contrast between the natural beauty of the region and the remnants of the past (remains of the ancient Armenian city of Ani) is visible. In recent years, plays the man, with all his emotions, figures and looks a big part in the work of Mattie Schilders. Testify are monographs ' From The Underworld ', in which the painter back to the country of his experiences in Iceland, and a new Silence, in which Brabant landscape.