Erasmus de Bie
Erasmus de Bie (1629, Antwerp – 1675, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter known for his city views and landscapes.
Life
Very little is known about the life of Erasmus de Bie. He was the son of the painter Frans I de Bie. He was a student of David Ryckaert III in 1641 and was admitted as a master to the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1645-1646.[1][2][3]
He married Catharina de Schott and was the father of Jean Baptiste de Bie, who became a painter and emigrated to Vienna.[4][5]
Erasmus de Bie had pupils in 1660 and in 1666.[4]
Work
He is known for his architectural paintings, in particular city scenes, genre scenes and landscapes in an Italianate style.[4][6]
His main specialty was the composition of animated landscapes, in particular of city squares. He collaborated with other artists in Antwerp for whom he painted the staffage. This is documented in the papers of the Antwerp art dealers Forchondt, which mention] two anonymous church interiors with figures painted by de Bie. He is also known to have painted winterscapes and seascapes.[4]
He produced Italianate landscapes set among Roman buildings and populated with many figures and animals reminiscent of the style of the group of genre painters active in Rome known as the Bamboccianti. An example is the Campo Vaccino in the collection of the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, Somerset.[7]
His composition The Ommegang in Antwerp was reinterpreted by various Flemish artists including Alexander van Bredael.[8] It may itself have been inspired by Pieter van Aelst's painting with the same theme.[9]
References
- ↑ B. Van Haute, 'David III Ryckaert: A Seventeenth-Century Flemish Peasant Painter of Peasant Scenes', Brepols, 1999
- ↑ The Meir by Erasmus de Bie at Barok in Vlaanderen
- ↑ Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, 'De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt"', Julius de Koninck, 1871, p. 373.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Erasmus de Bie at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- ↑ Jean Baptiste de Bie at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
- ↑ Arthur Edwin Bye, 'History of the Bye family and some allied families', Correll Print. Co., 1956
- ↑ Campo Vaccino in the collection of the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath
- ↑ Une procession animée at Musėe de Flandre (French)
- ↑ Peter van Aelst, The Ommegang on the Meir in Antwerp, at Jean Moust
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