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1587 Amsterdam, Holland - 1630 The Hague, Holland. Known for: Figure, landscape, genre painting.
Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He... Read full biography
Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a... Read full biography
Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Van de Velde worked in Haarlem from 1610-1618, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1612 along with Hercules Segers. This event in many ways... Read full biography
Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Van de Velde worked in Haarlem from 1610-1618, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1612 along with Hercules Segers. This event in many ways established realistic* landscape paintings as a separate genre in that part of the Netherlands. Van de Velde had been influenced by the German painter Adam Elsheimer to develop his paintings in a more naturalistic direction than his tutor, and to adopt a low... Read full biography
Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Van de Velde worked in Haarlem from 1610-1618, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1612 along with Hercules Segers. This event in many ways established realistic* landscape paintings as a separate genre in that part of the Netherlands. Van de Velde had been influenced by the German painter Adam Elsheimer to develop his paintings in a more naturalistic direction than his tutor, and to adopt a low viewpoint and a triangular composition. In addition to landscapes, Esaias van de Velde also painted genre and m... Read full biography
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Esaias van de Velde (May 17, 1587 (baptized) - November 18, 1630 (buried) ) was a Dutch landscape painter. He was born in Amsterdam, where his Flemish father Hans had fled as a Protestant in 1585. He probably studied under his father and Gillis van Coninxloo, a landscape painter from Antwerp and a follower of Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
Van de Velde worked in Haarlem from 1610-1618, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1612 along with Hercules Segers. This event in many ways established realistic* landscape paintings as a separate genre in that part of the Netherlands. Van de Velde had been influenced by the German painter Adam Elsheimer to develop his paintings in a more naturalistic direction tha...But wait, there's more...
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