Dieric Bouts the Elder
1413-1475
Netherlandish Painter of the Northern Renaissance
Stylistically influenced by the following painters - Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck
Education - He was apprenticed to the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden
Cause of Death - Old Age
About the Artist
Dieric Bouts lived during tumultuous and shifting times. The world was in transition. The old fuedal system imposed by the Church was collapsing under the development of cities, the rise of the merchant class, invention of the printing press and the spread of religious reform. People were becoming educated in science, political affairs and art. Dieric Bouts was born at the beginning of the modern world. His early training was in the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, the greatest painter in Northern Europe at that time. Dieric Bouts absorbed the Netherlandish artistic traditions and influence, reinterpreting them in new original ways. After his assistantship with van der Weyden he established his own studio i became the official painter of the town of Louvain. He painted a range of subjects, excelling in portraiture and dramatic Biblical themes. Bouts style is characterized by expressive, controlled colors and harmonious union between figure and landscape.
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