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Luiksestraat, 's-Gravenhage (2025)Acrylic painting by Steve White
70 x 100 x 4.5cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
£824.89
Original artwork description
Literally translated The Hague means The Hedge (Haag, Hage). International criminals end up in The Hedge to, hopefully, get fenced in. Calling the political capital of a major European country after closely spaced leafy shrubs is odd but this is the reason for the ‘The' in the name as opposed to saying The London or The Los Angeles. Most Dutch people will call The Hague, Den Haag, but officially the city is called ‘s-Gravenhage, a title still used for most correspondence. The name comes from 'Des Graven Hage' which means 'of the Counts (Graven) hedge' which refers to a fenced hunting ground or enclosure owned by Counts of Holland in the Middle Ages. This is all pretty weird but entirely appropriate for this magnificently hedged in house in Luiksestraat, near the beach in the Scheveningen area of the city.
Materials used:
Acrylics
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 70 x 100 x 4.5cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#poster#the hague#netherlands buildings#den haag#house artwork#poster design#netherlands artworks
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Original artwork description
Literally translated The Hague means The Hedge (Haag, Hage). International criminals end up in The Hedge to, hopefully, get fenced in. Calling the political capital of a major European country after closely spaced leafy shrubs is odd but this is the reason for the ‘The' in the name as opposed to saying The London or The Los Angeles. Most Dutch people will call The Hague, Den Haag, but officially the city is called ‘s-Gravenhage, a title still used for most correspondence. The name comes from 'Des Graven Hage' which means 'of the Counts (Graven) hedge' which refers to a fenced hunting ground or enclosure owned by Counts of Holland in the Middle Ages. This is all pretty weird but entirely appropriate for this magnificently hedged in house in Luiksestraat, near the beach in the Scheveningen area of the city.
Materials used:
Acrylics
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 70 x 100 x 4.5cm (unframed) / 70 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#poster#the hague#netherlands buildings#den haag#house artwork#poster design#netherlands artworks
Steve White
Netherlands
About
I started painting, aged 50, after visiting a Wassily Kandinsky exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. I vowed not to fall victim to the infamous New Maths Equation: MODERN... Read more