Georg Flegel (1566 – 23 March 1638) was a German

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, best known for his

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works.

Biography

Flegel was born in Olmütz (Olomouc),

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. Around 1580 he moved to

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, where he became an assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch I, a painter and

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. Flegel and his employer later moved to

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, which at the time was an important art-dealing city. As an assistant, he inserted items such as fruit, flowers, and table utensils into Valckenborch's works. He is probably the same person Kramm found in Utrecht as ‘juriaen vlegel, Constschilder.’ in the "Protokol" of the notary (or real estate agent) Verduyn, noted as "Acte van 21 Maart, 1616".Biography
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's ''De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd.'', Gebroeders Diederichs, Amsterdam, 1857-1864 If so, then he probably moved there because of the new

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and probably knew other still-life painters active there in that period, such as

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(who had made a trip to

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) and

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. According to the RKD he was pupil of Lucas van Valckenborch in

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during 1582–1592.Georg Flegel
in the RKD In a period of about 30 years (c. 1600–1630), he produced 110

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and oil pictures, mostly still-life images which often depicted tables set for meals and covered with food, flowers and the occasional animal. Among his students were his own two sons, Friedrich (1596/1597–1616) and Jacob (probably Leonhard, 1602–1623), as well as the flower artist Jacob Marrel. Flegel died in 1638 in

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. File:Georg Flegel Stilleben mit Steinzeugkrug.jpg, ''Still Life with Bread, Haselnuts, Seafood and Apples'' File:Flegel, Georg - Still-life with Parrot.jpg, ''Still Life with parrot'' File:Georg Flegel - Still Life with Cherries - WGA07920.jpg, ''Still Life with Cherries'' File:Flegel - Imbiss mit Spiegeleiern.jpg, ''Snack with Fried Eggs'' Flegel - großes Frühstück mit Obst.jpg, ''The big Breakfast'' File:Circle of Georg Flegel Still life with waffles.jpg, ''Still Life with waffles'' File:George Flegel Still-Life with Bread and Confectionary.jpg, ''Still Life with Bread and Confectionery'' File:Georg Flegel - Stillleben mit Kastanien und Haselnüssen in einer Porzellanschüssel etc.jpg, ''Still Life with Dates and Cherries'' File:Flegel - Krammetsvögel und Maronen.jpg, ''Small birds and roasted chestnuts'' File:Flegel - Imbiß mit Doppelpokal.jpg, ''Still Life with

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References

* Anne-Dore Ketelsen-Volkhardt: ''Georg Flegel. 1566 - 1638.''

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, München/Berlin 2003, *

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: ''Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben : [Publikation zur Ausstellung "Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben" des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main in Zusammenarbeit mit der Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt vom 18. Dezember bis 13. Februar 1994]''. Hatje, Stuttgart 1993,
Parrots in still life painting (in German)
*
Georg Flegel
on

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Georg Flegel
in Slovak National Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Flegel, Georg 1566 births 1638 deaths 16th-century German painters German male painters 17th-century German painters Moravian-German people Artists from Olomouc German still life painters Flower artists

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