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'''Jan Vermeer''' (b. Delft 1632 - d. Delft, 1675), Dutch [[Baroque]] [[painter]] also known as Johannes van der Meer van Delft. | '''Jan Vermeer''' (b. Delft 1632 - d. Delft, 1675), Dutch [[Baroque]] [[painter]] also known as Johannes van der Meer van Delft. | ||
| − | Only 35 of Vermeer's canvases have survived. In his works, ''he recorded the effects of light with a subtlety, delicacy, and purity of color that probably never have been surpassed.'' <ref> [http://www.repropaint.com/Vermeer/vermeer.htm Jan Vermeer biography] </ref> His most frequent subjects were genre, landscape and intimate interiors often with the solitary figure of a woman. | + | Only 35 of Vermeer's canvases have survived. In his works, ''he recorded the effects of light with a subtlety, delicacy, and purity of color that probably never have been surpassed.'' <ref>[http://www.repropaint.com/Vermeer/vermeer.htm Jan Vermeer biography]</ref> His most frequent subjects were genre, landscape and intimate interiors often with the solitary figure of a woman. |
A painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silvery light. He is considered one of the greatest [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters. | A painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silvery light. He is considered one of the greatest [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painters. | ||
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Revision as of 00:18, July 12, 2016
Jan Vermeer (b. Delft 1632 - d. Delft, 1675), Dutch Baroque painter also known as Johannes van der Meer van Delft.
Only 35 of Vermeer's canvases have survived. In his works, he recorded the effects of light with a subtlety, delicacy, and purity of color that probably never have been surpassed. [1] His most frequent subjects were genre, landscape and intimate interiors often with the solitary figure of a woman.
A painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with mathematical clarity and suffused with cool, silvery light. He is considered one of the greatest Dutch painters.
See also
- Painting Schools
- Painting Masterpieces PART II
- Gallery of Flemish and Dutch painting
- Flemish School of Painting
- The world’s most famous paintings
External links
References
View of Delft