Famous dutch still life paintings. Perhaps the greatest still life artist of the 20th century giorgio morandi primarily focused on representations of vases flowers bowls and bottles. Vanitas with violin and glass ball 1628 pieter claesz. It depicts a plethora of objects most interestingly a glass sphere in the.
The dutch golden age led to a tremendous outpouring of still life paintings in the 17th century. But above all there is one important hidden meaning that modern viewers have always overlooked. Still life painting in spain also called bodegones was austere.
The new dutch republic was the most prosperous nation in europe and led european trade science and art. 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. On one side the generally somber scenes are read symbolically through the lens of.
The game in spanish paintings is often plain dead animals still waiting to be skinned. The northern netherlandish provinces that made up the new state. The fruits and vegetables are uncooked.
Since then critics have generally belonged to two opposing schools of thought when it comes to interpreting them. Active during the dutch golden age pieter claesz is considered among the masters of still life painting. 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.
This is his most famous painting. Still life is the genre that the post impressionist master paul cezanne established as equal in stature to landscape or portraiture. The still life painting itself was a confident show off of the painters own artistic ability to specialize in one genre and reproduce reality.
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. Every one has heard of rembrandt vermeer and bosch but there is so much more to dutch painting. His style moved from more metaphsycial renderings to a very subtle use of color which was often reduced to several gradations of hue and tone.
In food paintings dairy products were often depicted which bring out a famous dutch proverb. Explore the greatest artists with our guide to the 10 most important old masters in dutch painting.