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1612 Antwerp, Belgium - 1653 Antwerp, Belgium. Known for: Marine and landscape painting, drawing, engraving.
Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders. He was born in Antwerp and was the... Read full biography
Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders. He was born in Antwerp and was the older brother of the marine painters Catharina, Jan I and Bonaventura Peeters. He is recorded in 1631... Read full biography
Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders. He was born in Antwerp and was the older brother of the marine painters Catharina, Jan I and Bonaventura Peeters. He is recorded in 1631 as the pupil of the Dutch flower painter Anthony Claesz the Younger who had left his home country in 1629. In 1634 Gillis became together with his brother Bonaventura a master in the Antwerp Guild of... Read full biography
Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders. He was born in Antwerp and was the older brother of the marine painters Catharina, Jan I and Bonaventura Peeters. He is recorded in 1631 as the pupil of the Dutch flower painter Anthony Claesz the Younger who had left his home country in 1629. In 1634 Gillis became together with his brother Bonaventura a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. Initially the two brothers shared a studio in Antwerp until in 1641 Bonaventura moved to Hoboken (Antwerp) where he worked in a studio with his siblings and pupils Catharina and Jan Peeters. It is believed that Gillis travelled to... Read full biography
Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders. He was born in Antwerp and was the older brother of the marine painters Catharina, Jan I and Bonaventura Peeters. He is recorded in 1631 as the pupil of the Dutch flower painter Anthony Claesz the Younger who had left his home country in 1629. In 1634 Gillis became together with his brother Bonaventura a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. Initially the two brothers shared a studio in Antwerp until in 1641 Bonaventura moved to Hoboken (Antwerp) where he worked in a studio with his siblings and pupils Catharina and Jan Peeters. It is believed that Gillis travelled to Brazil, possibly on two occasions. The first time would have been in 1636 when he travelled probably in the company of Johan Maurits van... Read full biography
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Gillis Peeters (1612 – 1653), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who contributed to the development of marine art and landscape painting in Flanders.
He was born in Antwerp and was the older brother of the marine painters Catharina, Jan I and Bonaventura Peeters. He is recorded in 1631 as the pupil of the Dutch flower painter Anthony Claesz the Younger who had left his home country in 1629.
In 1634 Gillis became together with his brother Bonaventura a master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. Initially the two brothers shared a studio in Antwerp until in 1641 Bonaventura moved to Hoboken (Antwerp) where he worked in a studio with his siblings and pupils Catharina and Jan Peeters.
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