Karel Dujardin
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Karel Dujardin (Sep 27, 1640, Amsterdam - Nov 20, 1678, Venice), Dutch wildlife and landscape painter.
Dujardin was born in Amsterdam in 1640. He went to Italy when young, and became a member of the Society of Painters at Rome, among whom, he was known as 'Barba di Becco'. In Rome, his works met with general approbation.
On his way to his native country, he contracted considerable debts at Lyon, to free himself from which, he married his old and rich landlady. He went with her to Amsterdam, where his pictures were valued very highly. He soon secretly left his home in that city, probably from dislike of his wife, and went back to Rome, where he was welcomed by his old friends and admirers, and lived at great expense. Thence he went to Venice, where he died in 1678, in the prime of his life.
His landscapes have spirit and harmony, his figures of expression, and his colour the brilliancy which distinguishes his school. His paintings are rare and command a high price. He also published fifty-two landscaped etched with much spirit and ease.
[edit] Dujardin's Work
 The sick kid |
 The Hearding boy |
 Rest in an Italian public house |
 Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness |
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