Famous dutch still life painters. Every one has heard of rembrandt vermeer and bosch but there is so much more to dutch painting. 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.
The game in spanish paintings is often plain dead animals still waiting to be skinned. Given the objects inanimate nature many praised. Still life is the genre that the post impressionist master paul cezanne established as equal in stature to landscape or portraiture.
The new dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in europe and led european trade science and art. Nonetheless still life paintings managed to climb up the ladder in the 17 th century in a piece of land that thrived on maritime trade the netherlands. The fruits and vegetables are uncooked.
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. 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. This is his most famous painting.
The golden age of the dutch and flemish culture offered and continues to offer a bounty of vanitas still lifes as one of the earliest examples of the genre in european painting providing inexhaustible inspiration for contemporary art practices and still life artists of all genres. Active during the dutch golden age pieter claesz was among the foremost still life painters of his timehe is famous for vanitas or still lifes which contain symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability. Since then critics have generally belonged to two opposing schools of thought when it comes to interpreting them.
Just like all other dutch golden age paintings stillevens were known for their close resemblance to reality paintings that fool the eyes. 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. It differed from dutch still life which often contained rich banquets surrounded by ornate and luxurious items of fabric or glass.
Still life painting in spain also called bodegones was austere. The dutch golden age led to a tremendous outpouring of still life paintings in the 17th century. Vanitas with violin and glass ball 1628 pieter claesz.