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Peter Bruegel
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings. He was a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting and later painting in general in his innovative choices of subject matter, as one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits, the other mainstay of Netherlandish art. After his training and travels to Italy, he returned in 1555 to settle in Antwerp, where he worked mainly as a prolific designer of prints for the leading publisher of the day. Only towards the end of the decade did he switch to make painting his main medium, and all his famous paintings come from the following peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Painter And The Buyer
''The Painter and The Buyer'' is a 1565 pen and ink on brown paper painting by Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The alternative title is ''The Artist and The Connoisseur''. The painter is thought to be a self-portrait of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Content The artist holds a paint brush in his right hand, on the left past the viewer, presumably to the object he paints. A second man looks over his shoulder at the resulting picture. This work is for the viewer, however, face down. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Bruegel is limited entirely to the presentation of two dissimilar men: the painter drawn in detail with disheveled hair, bushy eyebrows and unkempt beard, and the more vague outline reproduced viewer behind him with pince-nez, long nose and mouth slightly open.Christian Vöhringer: Pieter Bruegel. 1525/30 – 1569, h.f.ullmann 2007 S. 9 Interpretation In the Middle Ages, artists were fixed in a craft tradition supported by clients such as church, aristocracy and later the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
