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| − | '''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker. He was the first in a family of Flemish painters. | + | '''Pieter Bruegel the Elder''' (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] and printmaker. From 1559 he dropped the "h" from his name and started signing his paintings as '''Bruegel'''. He was the first in a family (Brueghel) of Flemish painters; father of [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]]. |
''Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time.'' [http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesbb/p/bruegel_elder.htm Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak] | ''Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time.'' [http://arthistory.about.com/cs/namesbb/p/bruegel_elder.htm Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak] | ||
Revision as of 01:52, May 3, 2011
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (b. Breda, Netherlands c. 1525 – 1569) was a Renaissance painter and printmaker. From 1559 he dropped the "h" from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel. He was the first in a family (Brueghel) of Flemish painters; father of Jan Brueghel the Elder.
Though he was sometimes called "Peasant" Bruegel, due to the common folk with which he populated his genre paintings, Bruegel himself was a sophisticated city-dweller who had traveled to Italy. His seemingly simple scenes of everyday life are full of commentary on the religious controversies of his time. Artist Profile by Shelley Esaak
See also
External links
- Bruegel, Pieter the Elder The WebMuseum, Paris.
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder Olga's Gallery.
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
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