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Pieter Brueghel the Elder
1525-1569
One of the
Greatest Painters Of All Time
Nickname "Peasant Bruegel"
The Finest Flemish, Painter of the Northern Renaissance
Stylistically influenced by the following painters; Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Hieronymous Bosch, Matthias Grünewald, Lucas Cranach, Dieric Bouts and Albrecht Dürer
Cause of Death - Typhus
technique - oil or tempera on linen or oak panel
Two of Pieter Brueghl's greatest masterpieces (click to enlarge)
Pieter Brueghel the Elder came from a long line of fine craftsmen and artists. He married his teachers beautiful daughter, Mayken van Aelst when he was 21. The combined talent of their genes continued the artistic dynasty for hundreds of years. There is a deliberate serenity to his paintings, by presenting the viewer with cool colors, his work captivates. In composition he is at his best with landscapes. In groups the separate figures are always in harmonious unity. Brueghel was one of most creative individuals to have dominated the world of art. His unrivaled talent and brilliancy, is as fresh today as it was 500 years ago.
A List of Pieter
Brueghel' s Most
Important Paintings
(listed in order of
significance and
importance)
The Triumph of Death, c. 1562
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, circa 1555
Hunters in the Snow (1565) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, c. 1562 Oil on oak,
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Key Descriptive Words
and Phrases associated with Painters of the Northern Renaissance
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rebirth,
Antwerp, commerce, Northern Europe, merchant class, Bruges, genre
painting, landscapes, portraits, scenes of daily life,
Christian symbolism.
moralizing overtones, human vices, lust, publication of Della
Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for
artists, spiritually
significant,
illuminated
manuscript, idealized biblical themes,
scriptorium,
illuminator,
Age of Discovery,
axonometric drawing, curiosity about the natural world, realistic use of
colors and
light, allegorical, Gospel parables,
The Blackdeath,
landscapes
with peasants
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