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Dutch frigates exchanging salutes in a calm, with yachts, a rowing boat, a sloop carrying personnel, and fishermen on the shore
Auction: 07/05/2011
Lot: 37
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Simon de Vlieger AUCTION RECORDS
1600 Rotterdam, Holland - 1653 Weesp, Holland. Known for: Dramatic sea and sky marine painting-sailing vessels.
Born in Rotterdam and working there and at Amsterdam, Simon de Vlieger, in the 1630s and 1640s, was one of the best-known, most important and influential Dutch maritime painters. He was part of an... Read full biography
Born in Rotterdam and working there and at Amsterdam, Simon de Vlieger, in the 1630s and 1640s, was one of the best-known, most important and influential Dutch maritime painters. He was part of an era of emerging marine art. De Vlieger decisively influenced the direction of Dutch marine art and was... Read full biography
Born in Rotterdam and working there and at Amsterdam, Simon de Vlieger, in the 1630s and 1640s, was one of the best-known, most important and influential Dutch maritime painters. He was part of an era of emerging marine art. De Vlieger decisively influenced the direction of Dutch marine art and was the link between the turbulent tonal paintings of his teacher Jan Porcellis and the sun-filled calm images of his student Willem van de Velde the Younger. De Vlieger knew the sea and the ships that... Read full biography
Born in Rotterdam and working there and at Amsterdam, Simon de Vlieger, in the 1630s and 1640s, was one of the best-known, most important and influential Dutch maritime painters. He was part of an era of emerging marine art. De Vlieger decisively influenced the direction of Dutch marine art and was the link between the turbulent tonal paintings of his teacher Jan Porcellis and the sun-filled calm images of his student Willem van de Velde the Younger. De Vlieger knew the sea and the ships that sailed it. He recorded accurately the distinguishing features of the various types of boats--from large warships to small fishing and transport vessels--and set them convincingly in the water. But it was De Vlieger's sensitivity to the atmospheric... Read full biography
Born in Rotterdam and working there and at Amsterdam, Simon de Vlieger, in the 1630s and 1640s, was one of the best-known, most important and influential Dutch maritime painters. He was part of an era of emerging marine art. De Vlieger decisively influenced the direction of Dutch marine art and was the link between the turbulent tonal paintings of his teacher Jan Porcellis and the sun-filled calm images of his student Willem van de Velde the Younger. De Vlieger knew the sea and the ships that sailed it. He recorded accurately the distinguishing features of the various types of boats--from large warships to small fishing and transport vessels--and set them convincingly in the water. But it was De Vlieger's sensitivity to the atmospheric effects of water and sky along the North Sea that separates him from most other marine painters. He display... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeStrandansicht mit Fischern, einer vierspännigen Kutsche und einem anlandenden Schiff, im Hintergrund der Kirchturm von Scheveningen
Simon de Vlieger Auction: 12/14/2009Lot: 21Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA Coastal Landscape with Dutch Frigates Exchanging Salutes
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