Dutch Realist Artists
Dutch Realism School, 17th Century Holland:
Realist Genre Painters, Portraitists, Landscape, Still Life Artists.
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Dutch Realist Artists (c.1600-1700)Contents • Netherlandish
Braroque Art Netherlandish Baroque Art of the 17th Century Mainstream Baroque art (architecture, painting and sculpture) was closely associated with the Counter-Reformation efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to reestablish its influence across Europe, in the wake of the Protestant Revolt. Funded by the Church, most 17th century Baroque art was therefore religious in subject-matter and largely, but not exclusively, confined to non-Protestant countries. Supreme artists of the Catholic Baroque included the sculptor Bernini (1598–1680), the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), the portraitist Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) and the Spanish painters Francisco Zurbaran (1598–1664) and Diego Velazquez (1599–1660). |
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The Golden Age of Dutch Realism Meantime, Holland, newly independent of Spain and making notable advances in trade and science, developed its own unique tradition of Dutch Baroque art, known as Dutch Realism, which was based on easel painting and catered for the new Protestant bourgeoisie. Indeed, a mini-Renaissance occurred in the country during the 17th century, as a number of artistic movements sprang up in towns like Haarlem, Delft, Leiden, Utrecht, Dordrecht and Amsterdam. This Dutch Golden Age of oil painting was responsible for a huge number of masterpieces across all the painting genres, and featured virtuoso portraitists like Frans Hals (1580–1666) and Rembrandt (1606–69), as well as genre-painters like Jan Vermeer (1632–1675) - who along with his contemporaries produced some of the world's greatest genre paintings of the century - plus landscape artists like Jacob van Ruisdael (1628–1682) and still life masters such as Frans Snyders (1579–1657). Oil paintings by many of these artists can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and at the Mauritshuis in The Hague. Other famous painters of the Baroque style in the Netherlands included: Ferdinand Bol, Adriaen Brouwer, Albert Cuyp, Gerard Dou, Carel Fabritius, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob Jordaens, Nicolaes Maes, Gabriel Metsu, Adriaen van Ostade, Paulus Potter, Rachel Ruysch, Pieter Saenredam, Jan Steen, David Teniers the Younger, Gerard Terborch, and Hendrik Terbrugghen. |
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Among the Dutch Realist masters of portraiture, landscape art, genre-painting and still lifes, many of whom were studied by those on the Grand Tour, are the following: Aelst, Willem Van (c.1626-1683) Painter
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Holsteyn, Cornelis (1618-1658) Painter
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Troost, Cornelis (1697-1750) Painter (Amsterdam)
Famous Paintings By Dutch Realist Painters 17th Century Dutch Realist Genre Paintings Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) Hendrik Terbrugghen (1588-1629) Adriaen Brouwer (1605-38) Judith Leyster (1609-60) Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85) David Teniers the Younger (1610-90) Gerrit Dou (1613-75) Gerard Terborch (1617-81) Samuel Van Hoogstraten (1627-78) Gabriel Metsu (1629-67) Pieter de Hooch (1629-83) Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) Nicolas Maes (1634-93)
17th Century Dutch Realist Portrait Paintings Frans Hals (1582-1666) Rembrandt (1606-69) The Merchant Nicolaes Ruts (1631)
The Frick Collection, New York. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) 17th Century Dutch Realist Still Life Paintings Harmen Steenwyck (1550-1603) Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-83) Willem Kalf (1619-93) Jan Steen (1626-79) 17th Century Dutch Realist History Paintings Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) |
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• For a list of the top painters/sculptors,
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