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Pieter Rijsbraeck (1655–1729) was a Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He had an international career which brought him to England and Paris. His sons
Pieter Rijsbraeck (1655–1729) was a Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He had an international career which brought him to England and Paris. His sons Pieter Andreas Rysbrack
Pieter Andreas Rijsbrack (1685 or 1690 – 1748) (sometimes Anglicized as Peter Rysbrack) was a Flemish painter of still lifes and landscapes who was active in England in the first half of the 18th century.John Michael Rysbrack were respectively a successful painter and sculptor in England in the 18th century.Pieter Rijsbraeck
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
He returned to Antwerp where he became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in 1677–78. Not long after he left Antwerp again, this time for Paris where he was active for about ten years. Here he married Genoveva Compagnon, the widow of the Antwerp sculptor
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Pieter Rijsbraeck was born inAntwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
where he was baptized on 25 April 1655. He was the son of Andries Rijsbraeck en Adriana Likens. He studied painting under the landscape painter Philips Augustijn Immenraet
Philips Augustijn Immenraet (21 February 1627 – 25 September 1679) was a Flemish landscape painter and engraver. While staying largely within the traditional scheme of the Flemish Baroque landscape, Immenraet introduced a new brightness a ...
and was registered as a pupil in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke
The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...
in 1672–1673. Not long after he left for England where he was active from c. 1675 to 1678.
He returned to Antwerp where he became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in 1677–78. Not long after he left Antwerp again, this time for Paris where he was active for about ten years. Here he married Genoveva Compagnon, the widow of the Antwerp sculptor Philippe de Buyster
Philippe de Buyster (1595 – 1688), was a Flemish-French sculptor.
Biography
He was born in Antwerp and became a pupil of Gillis van Papenhoven.Pieter Andreas Rysbrack
Pieter Andreas Rijsbrack (1685 or 1690 – 1748) (sometimes Anglicized as Peter Rysbrack) was a Flemish painter of still lifes and landscapes who was active in England in the first half of the 18th century.John Michael Rysbrack was the leading sculptor in England in the mid 18th century. Another son named
at Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder His wife died in 1719. After many years of activity in Antwerp he moved to Brussels in 1720. He died in Brussels in 1729. His pupils included his sons Gerard and Pieter Andreas, and Karel Breydel.v
As was the custom at the time, Pieter Rijsbraeck regularly collaborated with other artists who were specialists in a particular genre. He collaborated with the still life painter Idealized landscapes
at the British Museum website
Gerard
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...
also became a painter. It is possible that the painter Jacques or Jacob Cornill Rijsbrack (1685-1765) was his son. If so this must have been with another spouse since Jacob was born before Pieter Rijsbraeck married Genoveva Compagnon in Paris. The genre painter Ludovicus Rijsbrack active around 1716–1717 in Antwerp may also have been a son of Pieter.Robert Williams and Katharine Eustace. "Rysbrack." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 21 November 2014
Pieter Rijsbraeck returned to Antwerp in 1689 (or possibly 1692) and was registered again as a master in the local Guild.More than the sum of its partsat Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder His wife died in 1719. After many years of activity in Antwerp he moved to Brussels in 1720. He died in Brussels in 1729. His pupils included his sons Gerard and Pieter Andreas, and Karel Breydel.v
Work
Pieter Rijsbraeck was a landscape specialist. During his stay in France he was influenced by theclassicist
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...
art movement that arose in the last quarter of the 17th century. He was in particular influenced by the French landscape artist Gaspard Dughet who painted in this classicizing style. His paintings often include mythological themes set in an idealized landscape.
As was the custom at the time, Pieter Rijsbraeck regularly collaborated with other artists who were specialists in a particular genre. He collaborated with the still life painter Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Younger
Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Younger (Antwerp, baptized 3 September 1651 - Antwerp, buried 20 March 1704) was a Flemish still life painter. He worked in a range of still life genres including flower and fruit still lifes, banquet still lifes, pronkst ...
on two pendants depicting a landscape with a fruit still life painting (Private collection). The paintings are good examples of the classicizing style of the time. Pieter Rijsbraeck painted an idealized landscape in broad brush strokes which contrasts with the detailed fruit still lifes painted by Gillemans.
Pieter Rijsbraeck was a gifted etcher. A series of six etches depicting mythological scenes in idealized landscapes is in the collections of the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...
and the British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
.at the British Museum website
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