BELGIAN PEASANT WOMEN.
The Belgian peasant women are not. perhaps, a beautiful race, but their rugged and shrewd faces are full of intelligence and character, and it is these qualities that have attracted artists since the days of Pieter do Hoos and Rembrandt. They appear essentially' picturesque in conjunction with mediaeval surroundings—the umber and grey houses, half-timbcTed dormer windows, and wonderful orange and vel.'ery brown roots, mellowed by the greatest artist of all, old Father Time! To complete the picture, imagine these houses reflected in the still waters of -.the canals! Everybody attends the markets where all sorts f tilings are sold, including antiques and valuable curios. English and American visitors make bargain-hunting a hobby, and are often well satisfied with the result.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 111, 13 January 1915, Page 7
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123BELGIAN PEASANT WOMEN. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 111, 13 January 1915, Page 7
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