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Vermeer (other)
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter. Vermeer may also refer to: People with the surname * Al Vermeer (1911–1980), American cartoonist * Anne Vermeer (1916–2018), Dutch Labour Party politician and centenarian * Arie Vermeer (1922–2013), Dutch football defender * Hans Vermeer (1930–2010), German linguist and translation scholar * Henk Vermeer (born 1966), Dutch politician * Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder (1628–1691), Dutch landscape painter * Jan Vermeer van Haarlem (II) (1656–1705), Dutch landscape painter and son of the former * Jan Vermeer van Utrecht (1628–1691), Dutch painter who travelled to Italy * Kenneth Vermeer (born 1986), Dutch football goalkeeper * Natasja Vermeer (born 1973), Dutch model and actress * Sanne Vermeer (born 1998), Dutch judoka * Vinnie Vermeer (born 1995), Dutch football midfielder Other uses * 4928 Vermeer, a main belt asteroid * AMD Vermeer, the codename for the desktop line of AMD's Zen 3 CPUs * Restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer ( , , #Pronunciation of name, see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period Painting, painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class, middle-class life. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial Genre works, genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. Nonetheless, he produced relatively few paintings and evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. "Almost all his paintings", Hans Koningsberger wrote, "are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women." His modest celebrity gave way to obscurity after his death. He was bare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
