4 outstanding FLAMENCO school painters

The flemish painting lived a long period of boom and splendor thanks to the mastery achieved by Flemish painters. A painting that created a unique style with a great influence on the rest of Europe. And it is that the group of painters that were part of this school had Flanders and other Flemish cities as their cradle and extending their chronology from the 15th to the 17th centuries.

Flanders, Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges were the cradle of some of the great masters of Flemish painting: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Van Eyck or Rubens, Adriaen Brouwer, Nicolaas Rockox, Frans Snyders, Balthasar Moretus or Michaelina Wautier, a painter of the twentieth century XVII.

In this lesson of unPROFESOR.com we offer you a list of the most prominent painters of the Flemish school.

Index

1. Characteristics of Flemish painting
2. Jan Van Eyck, one of the main painters of the Flemish school
3. Bosch (?-1516), the most enigmatic genius of Flemish art
4. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530- 1569), a unique landscape and portrait painter
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5. Pedro Pablo Rubens (1577-1640), one of the great figures of the Flemish school

But before talking about the painters of the Flemish school, let us briefly review what the main characteristics of Flemish painting:

• Flemish painters used a Mixed technique, using both oil and tempera.
• They started by applying a first layer to the temper to define the drawing, then stop in oil to apply the color.
• In this way they developed They consolidated the oil technique.
• They also used transparent and fluid inks to apply highlights and nuance the color in a delicate way.
• These techniques were suitable for the creation of miniature work. A format requested by the bourgeoisie to decorate their cabinets.
• The usual support was on table.
• The most common themes were religious, portraits and landscapes.
• This school responded to demand for works of art from the commercial bourgeoisie, the donors who would like to appear portrayed in the paintings.

Jan Van Eyck was the most representative Flemish painter of the 15th century. He was one of the protagonists of the transition from Gothic art Flemish style.

He was responsible for the reintroduction of the use of oil, in addition to achieving mastery in portraiture and being very meticulous and detailed in his works.

Between his most outstanding works are the iconic Portrait of the Arnolfini couple wave Virgin of Chancellor Rollin.

Jheronimus van Aken or Joen, popularly known as Bosch, is another Flemish painter of the 16th century. A universal painting genius whose work is full of enigmas, imagining worlds full of fantasy and symbolism. Some works that in most of him neither signed nor dated and in which he turned his satirical vision of themes such as sin and morality.

Between his main pictures highlights the iconic Last Judgment Triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights either The temptations of San Antonio Abad.

Bruegel he is another of the great painters of the Flemish school of the 16th century. He was a great landscaper, filling them with a multitude of characters whom he portrays in scenes full of color and very picturesque.

They feature drunks, peasants and beggars, as well as painting apocalyptic scenes in a style similar to that of Bosch.

Between his most outstanding works stand out The peasant wedding, The fall of the rebel angels, The triumph of death or The tower of Babel.

In the 16th century Flemish painting was somewhat relegated by the influence of Italian art. However, in the 17th century, the Flemish school returned with force and with the rupture between the artists of the north and the south due to the religious wars.

In this context appears Rubens, a unique painter. Of Italian training, Rubens was able to create a Personal style taking references from Raphael, Leonardo or Michelangelo. A vitalistic and overflowing style in which the human body acquires prominence, volume and movement.

Between his plays we highlight The descent from the cross, Self-portrait with his first wife Isabella Brant, the three graces, Portrait of a wise young man, The elevation of the cross, The trial of Paris, among other.

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