Wijnand Nuijen

"The death of the unforgettable Nuyen has moved me deeply, Jan. Now the hope for young painting art [in The Netherlands] lies on You. Surely you are, after Nuyen, the only one who can fulfill this task. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"

"Some of his [Nuijens] works reveal a flight of imagination that aspires above the patriotic [Dutch] uniformity towards a more impressive style."

".. We also noticed that in this specialty, [the section landscape-painting], which must be based so entirely on a faithful study of nature, the way which our old [Dutch Golden Age] masters followed with so much fame - some artists start to leave that golden way more and more, to the disadvantage of their works and of art in general. This was mainly to be seen in the paintings of a young and very promising artist [Wijnand Nuijen], who starts to tilt increasingly to the Romantic way of taste, and, being dragged along by the fashion spirit of recent time, seems to prefer an easy effect without truth and naturalness above a powerful and vivid expression of objects. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"

"Around 1836 I left the studio of my master and obtained my own studio in the parental home.. .The [[w:Romanticism|romantic [Dutch] movement]] under the leadership of the highly-gifted [Wijnand] Nuijen [c. 1830] also attracted me to follow. And in spite of the fact that in this way people lost their color and embellishment and often degenerating into chic, later on, a more sensible search arose for enlivening of coloration, heightening effect and strengthening the relief. (translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"

"Nuijen, a pupil of Schelfhout.. ..was in turn reviving his master. Schelfhout had fallen back into a certain deadly, pale, green color by 1830, and Nuyen, who the sun of rising Romanticism from France had shone in his eyes, was one of the first in our country [The Netherlands] to take a look there.. .In 1833 this became a reason for Schelfhout to make a trip to Paris.. ..with this consequence that Schelfhouts talent of the moment got a new elan.. .Not only that he spread his wings more freely, but also his subjects were transferred to another area. [the wide Dutch landscape and many winter-views]. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"