Gerrit van Bloclant (ca. 1578 – ca. 1650) was a Dutch
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
painter.
Not much is known about Gerrit van Bloclant's life except through his works. His name suggest he may have come from the village of
Blokland, South Holland
Blokland is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Liemeer, and lies about 12 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
The ...
or
Blokland, Utrecht
Blokland is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Montfoort, and lies about 1 km southeast of that city, and 6 km west of IJsselstein.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst an ...
. He primarily painted
still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
s of flowers,
[Ecartico listing for Bio Gerrit van Bloclant]
/ref> and displayed his skills in representing with exactness the colors, shapes and textures. The realism utilized helped contribute to botanical studies in the Netherlands.
References
* Gemar-Költzsch, Erika, Luca image lexicon: Dutch still life painter of the 17th century (2 vols.), Lingen: Luca (1995).
* Grimm, Claus, still life: The Dutch and German masters, Belser Verlag Stuttgart / Zurich (1988).
* Groenendijk, Pieter, Beknopt Biografisch Lexicon van Zuid- en Noord-Nederlandse schilders, graveurs, glasschilders, tapijtwevers etcetera van ca. 1350 tot ca. 1720, Leiden: Primavera (2008).
* Meissner, Gunter, General Artists Encyclopedia of the visual artists of all times and peoples, part 11, Munich-Leipzig: Saur (1995).
* Van der Willigen, Adriaan & Meijer, Fred G., A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish still-life painters working in oils, 1525–1725, Leiden: Primavera Press (2003).
1570s births
1650s deaths
Dutch Renaissance painters
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