Dutch still life artists. The new dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in europe and led european trade science and art. Explore the greatest artists with our guide to the 10 most important old masters in dutch painting. On one side the generally somber scenes are read symbolically through the lens of.
The northern netherlandish provinces that made up the new state. Active during the dutch golden age pieter claesz is considered among the masters of still life painting. Representing mundane objects such as bowls flowers foodstuffs and other things found in a common household was and still is the main preoccupation of still life artistshowever the means styles and media in which still life can be represented varies significantly.
Still life with lemons oranges and a rose 1633 francisco de zurbaran. The dutch golden age led to a tremendous outpouring of still life paintings in the 17th century. The netherlands had only recently become a political entity and was still suffering from the effects of a long and arduous war against spain.
See more ideas about dutch still life old paintings and wine cellars. Early still life paintings particularly before 1700 often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted. Since then critics have generally belonged to two opposing schools of thought when it comes to interpreting them.
Francisco de zurbaran is more famous for his religious paintings but he was also one of the most influential still life painters. Still life as a particular genre began with netherlandish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries and the english term still life derives from the dutch word stilleven. The emergence of the dutch school of painting in the early seventeenth century is one of the most extraordinary phenomena in the history of the visual arts.
Nov 4 2014 dutch still life painters. Dutch golden age painting is the painting of the dutch golden age a period in dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century during and after the later part of the eighty years war 15681648 for dutch independence. Among the foremost still life painters of his time claesz was the first artist to portray everyday objects in his paintings in such a way that they exuded a dazzling beauty.