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Artus Claessens (''fl'' 1625–1644) was a Flemish
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
The work of this obscure still life painter is not well known. The large formats of his still lifes suggest that he worked elsewhere (probably the Dutch Republic) after completing his training in Antwerp. His compositions typically depict a variety of fruits and other foods, decorative and glass vessels, as well as live animals such as squirrels, cats, birds and monkeys.
Stylistically his paintings are close to those of other Antwerp still life painters of his time such as Jacob van Hulsdonck,
at Koller His works have in the past frequently been mistaken for those of Clara Peeters as was the case with the ''Still Life of Fruit, a Lobster, Cheeses and Drinking Vessels with a Parrot and a Squirrel on a Table'' ( Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).Artus Claessens, (Antwerp c. 1600 - after 1644), ''An opulent kitchen still life with a lobster, oysters, fruit, cheese and a parrot''
at Dorotheum
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
still-life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...
painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
who is known for is opulent still lifes.
Life
Very little is known about this artist. He was likely born in Antwerp where he is first mentioned on his registration as a member of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1625. He was active in Antwerp until 1644. A fruit still life signed and dated 'AR. CLAESSENS 1644" (at gallery Leegenhoek in 1954) raises the suspicion that he was working elsewhere after his training in Antwerp.Artus Claessensat the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Work
The work of this obscure still life painter is not well known. The large formats of his still lifes suggest that he worked elsewhere (probably the Dutch Republic) after completing his training in Antwerp. His compositions typically depict a variety of fruits and other foods, decorative and glass vessels, as well as live animals such as squirrels, cats, birds and monkeys.
Stylistically his paintings are close to those of other Antwerp still life painters of his time such as Jacob van Hulsdonck, Osias Beert
Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder (c. 1580 – 1623) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in Northern European art. He ...
, Frans Snyders and Clara Peeters.Claessens, Artus (1625 Antwerp after 1643), ''Large banquet still life with lobster, fruits, wine glasses, porcelain and pewter plates, birds, monkey, squirrel and cat''at Koller His works have in the past frequently been mistaken for those of Clara Peeters as was the case with the ''Still Life of Fruit, a Lobster, Cheeses and Drinking Vessels with a Parrot and a Squirrel on a Table'' ( Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest).
at Dorotheum
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Claessens, Artus Flemish Baroque painters Flemish still life painters 1651 deaths Painters from Antwerp Year of birth uncertain