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Flanders and the Netherlands have been associated with great painting for centuries. First spanish owned, and after a republic, the provinces gave birth to artists, such as Matsys, Bosch, Bruegel, and Dutch Masters : Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer.
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[edit] Renaissance
This period of artistic transformation led to research from the ancient (Grece, Rome) and new techniques, like perspective and oil painting : the colours then used kept freshness and light until now.
An italian inspired school includes Quentin Matsys, Roger Van der Weyden. Another school takes common inspiration with a more realistic (landscapes, games), or even fantastic, verve : Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel (the Elder).
[edit] Baroque
Historically, that period is related to as Dutch Golden Age. Religious themes (Adam and Eve, Crucifixion) are on par with intimist scenes, playing with reflections and opulence ; still lifes, portraits, genre paintings. Enter Rembrandt with plays of light and shadow, self protraits and paintings paid by corporations, (the night watch, and also civil guards by Franz Hals).
- Antony Francis van der Meulen
- David Teniers III
- Johannes Vermeer
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger
[edit] Where to see flemish paintings
- British Museum, London
- Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Museo del Prado, Madrid
- The Hague's Mauritshuis, the Netherlands
- The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
[edit] See also
- Dutch Golden Age
- Early_Renaissance_painting
- Flanders
- List of Belgian painters
- Netherlands
- Northern_Renaissance
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