Dutch painters
This is a list of painters who were born and/or were primarily active in theNetherlands. Dutch art describes the history of visual arts in the Netherlands, after the United Provinces separated from Flanders. Earlier painting in the area is covered in Early Netherlandish painting and Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting.
Willem van Aelst (1627-1683) - Dutch Golden Age still-life painter
Born: 16 Mai 1627, Delt
Died: in or after 1683, Amsterdam Field: paiting Nationality: Dutch Education: was trained by his uncle Evert van Aelst Art Movement: Baroque School or Group: Bentvueghels society of mostly Dutch and Flemish artists Genre: still life Dutch still-life painter from Delft. He was a good draughtsman and vivid colourist. He specialized in still-lifes, as did his uncle and teacher Evert van Aelst of Delft (1602–57), whose name survives only in inventories and who died in poverty. Willem’s earliest known work, a Still-life with Fruit (1642; destroyed in World War II), is likely to have been influenced by his uncle’s style. Aelst's still-lifes are distinguishable from those of other Dutch painters, being frequently littered with bric-á-brac of Renaissance antiquarianism. |
Willem Claeszoon Heda (1593/94-1680/82) - Dutch Golden Age still-life painter
Born: 14 December 1593/94, Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: in or after 1680, Haarlem, Netherlands Field: paiting Nationality: Dutch Art Movement: Baroque School or Group: Haarlem school of Dutch Realism Genre: still life Heda, Willem Claesz. (1593/94-1680/82). Dutch still-life painter, active in Haarlem. He and Pieter Claesz. are the most important representatives of ontbijt (breakfast piece) painting in the Netherlands. His overall grey-green or brownish tonalities are very similar to those of Claesz., but Heda's work was usually more highly finished and his taste was more aristocratic. He showed a preference for ham, mince-meat pie, and oysters, and after 1629 never included a herring in his pictures. Heda was a master of monochrome still lives, a popular style in the 1630s as well as in other, surrounding decades. These are paintings that are limited in the colours used. Monochrome actually stems from the Greek word ‘monochromos’ meaning ‘of one colour’. Heda would often use the same objects in multiple still lives. This method would of course result in practising techniques more thoroughly as opposed to always changing items for diversity and varied practice. With this, he became particularly proficient at painting silver and tin. These objects offer excellent practice in portraying reflections. |
Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) - Dutch Golden Age flower painter
Jan van Huijsum
Born: 15 April 1682, Amsterdam
Died: 8 February 1749, Amsterdam Field: paiting Nationality: Dutch Education: was trained by his father Justus van Huysum Art Movement: Baroque, Rococo School or Group: Arnold Houbraken school Genre: still life, landscape Van Huysum was the last of the distinguished still-life painters active in Holland in the 17th and early 18th centuries and an internationally celebrated artist in his lifetime. His early works are more concentrated in design than his elaborate later paintings, like the Gallery's 'Flowers in a Terracotta Vase', with its lighter background and superabundance of detail. Van Huysum was a native of Amsterdam and was trained, according to Houbraken, by his father, who was also a still-life painter. His first dated work is of 1706. Although he specialised in flower painting, van Huysum also painted a few landscapes. |