Annemarie Terlage Dutch, b. 1967

Born in 1967 in the Netherlands, Annemarie Terlage has distinguished herself as a painter with a classical sensibility, melding traditional themes with innovative techniques. Terlage graduated in 1991 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, the city where she continues to live and work.

Though her process remains deeply rooted in traditional painting techniques, Terlage’s treatment of surface and color continues to push boundaries. Her application of acrylic and epoxy resin creates an almost lacquered, ethereal effect, enhancing the glow of her compositions and giving them an almost dreamlike presence. This approach mirrors the materiality of the spaces she depicts, it becomes a play of texture, reflection, and illusion.

Terlage’s artistic journey has mostly been shaped by an exploration of memory, space, and the built environment. Her paintings do not document reality but rather construct imagined places, informed by personal recollections (childhood life in America), vintage photographs, and cultural memory. It is not just about aesthetics- it is about the emotional weight of spaces, about how architecture and interiors shape our experience of time. They exist somewhere between grandeur and solitude, opulence and abandonment. Terlage developed a preference for 'pleasant emptiness'. The absence of figures is not accidental- it heightens the sense of anticipation and evokes a touch of nostalgia.

In juxtaposing the bold optimism of the mid-century world with the introspective, atmospheric depth of baroque interiors, Terlage creates a dialogue between eras- one that invites viewers to step in, wander, and lose themselves in time.