The Quiet Observation of Marie van Rees In the small coastal town of Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands, a life began that would eventually find its expression through the steady application of paint. Marie van Rees lived through a changing century, moving from the early years of the 1890s into the later decades of the twentieth century. Her work does not shout; instead, it settles into the space it occupies, much like the quiet dignity of th…