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Jan van Buken or Jan van Beucken (10 March 1635 – 6 February 1694) was a Flemish painter mainly known for his
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
in: Artmagazin 2014/2. P. 44-50 Jan Baptist Beveren was registered as his pupil in 1689–90. Jan van Buken died in Antwerp in 1694.
He painted mainly genre scenes and still lifes. The genre scenes cover the whole range of farm, kitchen and market scenes often including still lifes of food, game and fruit. He also painted still lifes of game, fish, food and flowers.
Van Buken's paintings are in many ways close to those of the " Bamboccianti" painters. The name Bamboccianti is given to a loose group of principally Dutch and Flemish genre painters who were active in Rome from about 1625 until the end of the seventeenth century and took as the subject of their paintings the 
Van Buken's market scenes with abundant still life elements are also reminiscent of the work of Antwerp painters such as ''Market Scene'' in the collection of the Nationalmuseum
/ref> A ''Kitchen still life'' in a private collection in Hungary illustrates some of the compositional qualities of the artist. The painting shows a kitchen scene with a still life of game, food and kitchen utensils in the foreground and a large fireplace and two persons - apparently a female and male servant - at the back of the scene. The man is exiting through a door at the left while the woman has her hand on top of the ledge above the fireplace, possibly cleaning it. The still life's apparent disorder hides a compositional scheme based on triangles.
genre painting
Genre painting (or petit genre), a form of genre art, depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity can be attached ...
s and 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.Jan van Bukenat the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Jan van Buken was born in Antwerp. He became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in 1658 where he was registered under the name 'Jan van Beucken'. In the period from 1666 to 1682 he worked in Rome while regularly travelling back to Antwerp. He returned to live in Antwerp after the death of his parents.Zoltan Kovacs, "Jan van Buken Fecit” Egy antwerpeni mester ismeretlen műve Magyarországonin: Artmagazin 2014/2. P. 44-50 Jan Baptist Beveren was registered as his pupil in 1689–90. Jan van Buken died in Antwerp in 1694.
Work
He painted mainly genre scenes and still lifes. The genre scenes cover the whole range of farm, kitchen and market scenes often including still lifes of food, game and fruit. He also painted still lifes of game, fish, food and flowers.
Van Buken's paintings are in many ways close to those of the " Bamboccianti" painters. The name Bamboccianti is given to a loose group of principally Dutch and Flemish genre painters who were active in Rome from about 1625 until the end of the seventeenth century and took as the subject of their paintings the everyday life
Everyday life, daily life or routine life comprises the ways in which people typically act, think, and feel on a daily basis. Everyday life may be described as mundane, routine, natural, habitual, or normal.
Human diurnality means most peop ...
of the lower classes in Rome and its countryside. An example of a composition in Bambocianti style is " An Italianate Market Scene with Remnants of a Roman Temple with a Harbour Beyond" (Sotheby's, 27 March 2007, London, lot 15). It depicts a 'low-life' scene of a vegetable market in an Italianate harbour town with Roman ruins. The composition includes other typical Bamboccianti elements such as the morra players in the middle of the market. The scene includes some high-ranking individuals such as the gentleman on a horse apparently returning from the hunt with a servant carrying his gun. He turns his head to look in amusement at the market scene just like van Buken's patrons would have done when confronted with a similar scene in real life. Typical for van Buken is the inclusion of a still life of vegetables in the foreground of this composition.
Van Buken's market scenes with abundant still life elements are also reminiscent of the work of Antwerp painters such as Erasmus de Bie
Erasmus de Bie (1629–1675) was a Flemish Baroque painter known for his city views and genre scenes.Erasmus de Bie
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Peeter van Bredael
Pieter van Bredael or Peeter van Bredael (1629–1719) was a Flemish painter specializing in market scenes and village feasts set in Italianate landscapes or contemporary, usually, urban environments.
Life
Pieter van Bredael was born in Antwe ...
and Peeter Gijsels
Peeter Gijsels or Pieter Gijsels (1621, Antwerp – 1690, Antwerp), was a Flemish Baroque painter. He is known for his landscapes, architectural compositions and still lifes.Staatliches Museum Schwerin
The Staatliches Museum Schwerin (State Museum Schwerin) is an art gallery and museum in Schwerin in Germany. It was established by Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1882 its historicist Haupthaus as the ''Staatsgalerie'' ...
while a ''Market Scene'' is in the collection of the Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.
The museum's operations stretches far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, the nationalmuseum manag ...
in Stockholm
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./ref> A ''Kitchen still life'' in a private collection in Hungary illustrates some of the compositional qualities of the artist. The painting shows a kitchen scene with a still life of game, food and kitchen utensils in the foreground and a large fireplace and two persons - apparently a female and male servant - at the back of the scene. The man is exiting through a door at the left while the woman has her hand on top of the ledge above the fireplace, possibly cleaning it. The still life's apparent disorder hides a compositional scheme based on triangles.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buken, Jan van Flemish Baroque painters Flemish genre painters Flemish still life painters Painters from Antwerp 1635 births 1690 deaths