Artproject of Jan G.Marque. Vril, the Power of the Coming Race, van Edward Bulwer Lytton.   Edward Bulwer Lytton. Sponsor or commissioner needed for the realisation of art project mentioned below. Preface: The story begins when an American civil engineer falls into an underground world. There he discovers a subterranean paradise inhabited by a race called the Vril-ya. These Vril-ya tell the narrator that they are descended from ancestors who escaped the 'upper world' as a result of a deluge which covered the earth. Their evolution has taken a certain course mainly because of the discovery of an energy source, similar to that of electricity. This energy, from which they also take their name, is called Vril. The narrator soon discovers that this subterranean paradise is not all that it seems. Lurking in an unlit region of this underground world are a race of primitive savages, who represent the flipside of evolution. Without Vril the savages have not progressed. They live in darkness, eat meat and resemble animals. In contrast, the Vril-ya live perfect lives. They are physically beautiful and have developed the ability to fly with the help of Vril. The narrator appears to have stumbled into a paradise where a race of angels live in perfect harmony, without conflict, without envy and where all men are considered equal. The one thing that this future paradise cannot overcome for him is total boredom. After a period of having lived among the Vril-ya the narrator concludes that although mankind dreams of perfectibility it is a pleasure that we are not meant to enjoy, at least not in this lifetime. The book goes through an enormity of steps to describe the culture and idiosyncrasies of the Vril-ya. At times it reads more like notes of an anthropologist than a literary novel. In short, you arrive as a reader in a whole different world. The Art project: Have you ever visualised the underground world of the Vril-ya which Edward Bulwer Lytton described for us? No? I can change that for you. Made up from a thorough study of the book, I have some grove sketches that outlines how this world looks like. By categorising the descriptions of the world of the Vril-ya I have eventually got a picture in my mind how this world can be visualised in oil on canvas. An extensive project. For this reason I seek a sponsor or a commissioner so I can realise this project. The size of this work will lie between plus minus 120 x 180 cm and 180 x 240 cm. The costs to complete this project will be €18.500, 00. (Price is without framework, insurance, packaging, shipping etc.) The sponsor or the commissioner becomes owner of the painting. If you’re interested to sponsor this project, or if you want to commission this, or maybe other work, please contact me. (If you don’t know the tale “Vril, The Power of the Coming Race yet,” then click here to download it Pdf-format.) Artproject Vril - Jan G. Marque: Lord Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873). Parcivalius and the lost body of Thomas Paine, Jan G. Marque 2007. This page is part of: The landscape art and the romantic painter art in the new romanticism of Jan G. Marque. Sponsor or constituent needed for the Artproject Vril, The Power of the Coming Race of Jan G. Marque. The romantic tradition. A continuation. Landscapes. For centuries they’re being used in art as background for a another subject, or to serve as a subject in itself. These words sound in a part of the work of the Dutch writer and art painter Jan G. Marque, who wants to indicate that the landscape painting has a long tradition within painter art. Although for the most part Marque’s work exists out of what he calls Philosophical Realism; -artwork where combined word- and image-symbolism stimulate people into searching for subjects and let them reflect on it- with his romantic landscapes he chooses for another approach. The undergoing of the image with feeling by the spectator is the main point. He accomplish this with a traditional palette in oil on canvas. By means of sharp brushstrokes he creates colourful, virtuoso, romantic landscapes which are manufactured with much feeling and eye for detail. Here the landscape indicates the looking direction, and the found light holds the eye of the spectator. Marque gives us with his impressive work deliberately a glimpse to the past. They who make one’s way to the woods and know the beauty of nature, certainly recognise an image which also represents the present. Here the painter in him obtains his inspiration. Many travels and walking in nature ensure sufficient information and inspiration to devise at home. Every landscape has been built from fragments of images such as Jan G. Marque for the most part in reality has seen and experienced on one of his travels. This, completed with own ideas where he idealises the landscape just like its predecessors, he paints without using sketches and pre-studies, direct on canvas. By the centuries gone the landscape inspired, got its by-effect in several trends, knew varied styles and captivated above all. Their sources: the love for nature, the tension and perception, the changing light. The `landscape' can delight itself thus in a broad public interest. Not only the contemporary physical perception speaks to the imagination. Particularly the landscape in art captivates many and authoritative art painters have built a long tradition in this multi-purpose area. Names as Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Johan Bernhard Klombeck, Frederik Marinus Kruseman and Andreas Schelfhout, but also Gerard Bilders, Wijnand Nuyen, Louwrens Hanedoes en Willem Roelofs, are still living representatives of the romantic tradition. A tradition which Marque continues himself thus with much pleasure and with his own brushstroke. One thing is certain, the romantic landscapes of Jan G. Marque are timeless and inspiring. Article has been paraphrased composed from Dutch sources mentioned below: Realisme Magazine; edition 2008 Nieuwsbank.nl; article Februari 2009 Moving Art Magazine; edition July 2009