Flemish painting
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| History of Dutch and Flemish painting | |
| Early Netherlandish (1400 – 1500) | |
| Renaissance painting (1500 – 1584) | |
| Dutch "Golden Age" painting (1584 – 1702) | |
| List of Dutch painters | |
| List of Flemish painters | |
Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century. Flanders delivered the leading painters in Northern Europe and attracted many promising young painters from neighbouring countries. These painters were invited to work at foreign courts and had a Europe-wide influence.
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[edit] Late Gothic
The so-called Flemish "Primitives" were the first to popularize the use of oil paint. Their art has its origins in the miniature painting of the late Gothic period. Chief among them were Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes and Rogier van der Weyden.
[edit] Renaissance
From the early 16th century, the Italian Renaissance started to influence the Flemish painters. The result was very different from the typical Italian Renaissance painting. The leading artist was Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
[edit] Baroque
After the Siege of Antwerp in 1585, the Southern Provinces of the Netherlands ("Flanders") remained under Spanish rule and were separated from the independent Dutch Republic.
The Baroque period was dominated by Rubens and his followers (Jacob Jordaens, Anthony van Dyck).
[edit] Decline
From the late 16th century on, many people fled the religious wars and moved from the Southern Netherlands (Flanders) to the Dutch Republic. After the Eighty Years War, the closing of the port of Antwerp put an end to the economic and cultural significance of Flanders and sealed the shift of the center of gravity from the Southern to the Northern Netherlands (see Dutch Golden Age).
A revival of painting in this region came only after the Belgian Revolution of 1830, painters from this period are categorized as Belgian rather than Flemish (see List of Belgian painters).
[edit] See also
- Dutch Golden Age
- Early Renaissance painting
- County of Flanders
- List of Flemish painters
- Netherlands
- Northern Renaissance
