'''Joachim Patinir''', also known as '''Joachim Patenier''' (Dinant, Namur, Belgium, ca. 1480 – Antwerp, 1524), was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] Northern Renaissance [[landscape]] [[painter]] and draftsman. He became influenced by the Antwerp School of the Dutch Renaissance painter Gerard David and also traveled to Italy to study this art. Patinir is considered the first Western artist known to have specialized in landscape painting; a pioneer in this genre, however his landscapes are not a separate subject but supported by religious themes. He incorporated precise observation of nature in his artworks. Patinir's landscapes were among the first small horizontal panels of any sort as paintings were almost always vertical in format before 1520. | '''Joachim Patinir''', also known as '''Joachim Patenier''' (Dinant, Namur, Belgium, ca. 1480 – Antwerp, 1524), was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] Northern Renaissance [[landscape]] [[painter]] and draftsman. He became influenced by the Antwerp School of the Dutch Renaissance painter Gerard David and also traveled to Italy to study this art. Patinir is considered the first Western artist known to have specialized in landscape painting; a pioneer in this genre, however his landscapes are not a separate subject but supported by religious themes. He incorporated precise observation of nature in his artworks. Patinir's landscapes were among the first small horizontal panels of any sort as paintings were almost always vertical in format before 1520. |