De Zwaan Windmill Reflection, Holland, Michigan
by Liesl Walsh
Title
De Zwaan Windmill Reflection, Holland, Michigan
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
There is an interesting story behind this windmill. It's named De Zwaan, which in Dutch means "The Swan" or "Graceful Bird". It was first built in Krommenie, the Netherlands, in 1761 and later moved to Vinkel, the Netherlands. In the United States, there is a town with many Dutch immigrants from the late 1800's. It's Holland, Michigan. Each spring Holland, Michigan hosts the very popular Tulip Time festival. Two residents of the town, Willand Wichers and Carter Brown, wanted to bring a Dutch windmill to Holland to pay homage to the city's Dutch heritage. But many windmills in the Netherlands were damaged in World War II, and the Dutch government put a ban on selling them outside of the Netherlands. But Wichers and Brown were able to get around that by purchasing a very heaviliy damaged windmill, the De Zwaan, which had an uncertain future. So the Dutch government sold it to Wichers for $2800, and it was the last windmill to leave the Netherlands. So in October 1964 the De Zwaan was transported by the Prins Willem van Oranje ship to the harbor of Muskegon, and then by truck to Windmill Island in Holland. It took around 6 months to reconstruct the mill, and in April 1965 it was dedicated. Windmill Island sits on 36 acres of reclaimed swampland on the eastern end of Lake Macatawa. De Zwaan is 125 feet tall and its blades are 80 feet long. It is still in use today. De Zwaan windmill is one of the prominent landmarks of Holland along with the Big Red Lighthouse which sits at the opposite end of Lake Macatawa at Lake Michigan. This photo portrays the reflections of the bridge and windmill in the canal. The sky burst into pink and blue colors as the sun rose above the horizon.
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
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Created by Southern Artists 7-25-2019
Music CD Cover Designs 7-25-2019
Digital Art and Photography For a Simple Imagination 7-25-2019
Paints and Art Photography 7-25-2019
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Water Forms 7-25-2019
Reflections Rainbows 7-25-2019
USA Photographers Only 7-26-2019
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Daily Promotion 7-29-2019
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery 7-30-2019
World Landscape Lovers of Art 8-2-2019
Art and Meditation 8-4-2019
Travel Art 8-4-2019
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New FAA Uploads 8-20-2019
Shadows Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors 8-3-2019
Art For Ever With You 9-3-2019
Vacations 9-6-2019
Camera Art 9-8-2019
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September 3, 2019)
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. You are also welcome to share your featured image on our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/247552766180931/ Thank you for your participation in the group! (September 2, 2019)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
This image is totally stunning and exceptional Liesl!! i love the composition, colours and mood in this beautiful work. it is so dream like and charming. Sharing!! L/F/FB
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for having this great piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I am proud to be able to support and promote all artists within our group. I very much enjoyed viewing the masterfully done piece from you portfolio to show off to all other artists and to attract perspective buyers. Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork with all FAA members. Well worthy of this recognition.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your stunning artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home,7/27/2019! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!