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Encyclopedia > Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Bruegel's The Painter and The Connoisseur drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self-portrait
Bruegel's The Painter and The Connoisseur drawn c. 1565 is thought to be a self-portrait

Pieter Brueghel the Elder or Bruegel (c.1525September 9, 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is nicknamed 'Peasant Brueghel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel. Image File history File links BruegelPortrait. ... Image File history File links BruegelPortrait. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ... For 15th century Dutch and Flemish painting, see Early Netherlandish painting. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. ... Landscape art depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests. ... In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: in fact, hunger and harsh winters were realities for the average European in the... Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes. ... Brueghel or Bruegel was the name of several Flemish painters from the same family line: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. ...

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Life

There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was the son of a peasant residing in the village of Breughel. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Mayke he later married. He spent some time in France and Italy, and then went to Antwerp, where in 1551 he was accepted as a master in the painters' guild. He traveled to Italy soon after, and then returned to Antwerp before settling in Brussels permanently 10 years later. He died there on 9 September 1569. Other accounts give 1590 as the date of his death. Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. ... Bree is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Pieter van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst (August 14, 1502 to December 6, 1556) was a Flemish painter. ... Year 1551 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... // A master craftsman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. ... Jan Gossaert, , c. ... Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ...


He was the father of Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Both became painters, but as they were very young children when their father died, neither received any training from him. It is likely that they were instructed by their mother, Mayke[citation needed]. Anthony van Dyck: Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/65-1636) was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Brueghel the Elders paintings and nicknamed Hell Brueghel for his fantastic treatments of fire and grotesque imagery. ... Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. ...


Style

In Brueghel's later years he painted in a simpler style than the Italianate art that prevailed in his time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch, particularly in Brueghel's early "demonological" paintings such as The Triumph of Death and Dulle Griet (Mad Meg). It was in nature, however, that he found his greatest inspirations as he is identified as being a master of landscapes. It was in these landscapes that Brueghel created a story, with almost several scenes seemingly combined in one painting. Such works can be seen in The Fall of the Rebel Angels and the previously mentioned The Triumph of Death. Hieronymus Bosch, (latinized; also Jeroen Bosch or his real name Jeroen van Aken) (c. ... Demonology is the systematic study of demons or beliefs about demons. ... The Triumph of Death The Triumph of Death is an oil on panel, approximately 117 by 162 centimeters, painted c. ... Dull Gret is the Anglicized version of Dulle Griet, a pheasant bird who is the subject of a 1562 painting by the Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder. ...


Themes

Bruegel specialized in landscapes populated by peasants. He is often credited as being the first Western painter to paint landscapes for their own sake, rather than as a backdrop to a religious allegory. The term Western world or the West (also on rare occasions called the Occident) can have multiple meanings depending on its context (i. ... Various Religious symbols, including (first row) Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Bahai, (second row) Islamic, tribal, Taoist, Shinto (third row) Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu, Jain, (fourth row) Ayyavazhi, Triple Goddess, Maltese cross, pre-Christian Slavonic Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual... Allegory of Music by Filippino Lippi. ...


Attention to the life and manners of peasants was rare in the arts in Brueghel's time. His earthy, unsentimental but vivid depiction of the rituals of village life—including agriculture, hunts, meals, festivals, dances, and games—are unique windows on a vanished folk culture and a prime source of iconographic evidence about both physical and social aspects of 16th century life. For example, the painting Netherlandish Proverbs illustrates dozens of then-contemporary aphorisms, and Children's Games shows the variety of amusements enjoyed by young people. His winter landscapes of 1565 are taken as corroborative evidence of the severity of winters during the Little Ice Age. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... “Hunter” redirects here. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ... jus like my ass For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Netherlandish Proverbs (also called The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder which depicts a land populated with literal renditions of Flemish proverbs of the day. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ... The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling occurring after a warmer era known as the Medieval climate optimum. ...


Using abundant spirit and comic power, he created some of the early images of acute social protest in art history. Examples include paintings such as The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (a satire of the conflicts of the Reformation) and engravings like The Ass in the School and Strongboxes Battling Piggybanks. On his deathbed he reportedly ordered his wife to burn the most subversive of his drawings to protect his family from political persecution.[1] Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... The Fight Between Carnival and Lent is an oil on panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel in 1559. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ...


Works

There are 45 authenticated surviving paintings, one-third of which are in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. A number of others are known to have been lost. A large number of drawings, engravings and etchings also exist. Look up authenticity, authentic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kunsthistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresien-Platz, Vienna. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Drawing involves the choice of one or more tools from a wide variety and the choice of a support appropriate to that tool in order to make marks. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... Christ Preaching, known as The Hundred Guilder print; etching c1648 by Rembrandt Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal (the original process - in modern manufacturing other chemicals may be used...

Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs
Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs
The Tower of Babel (1563) oil on board
The Tower of Babel (1563) oil on board
A detail of Children's Games (1560)
A detail of Children's Games (1560)
Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565)
Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565)

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Abraham Brueghel

Anthony van Dyck: Portrait of Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564/65-1636) was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Brueghel the Elders paintings and nicknamed Hell Brueghel for his fantastic treatments of fire and grotesque imagery. ... Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. ... Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger (c. ... David Teniers the Younger (December 15, 1610 - April 25, 1690), Flemish artist was the more celebrated son of David Teniers the Elder, almost ranking in celebrity with Rubens and Van Dyck, was born in Antwerp. ... Bouquet of flowers in a vase in bronze Abraham Brueghel (1631-1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous family of artists. ...

Portrayals in literature and film

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Trivia

  • In 2005 Pieter Breughel the Elder was nominated for the title De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish edition he ended 17th place. In the Walloon edition he came in 58th. A year earlier he came in 152nd place in the election of De Grootste Nederlander (the Greatest Dutchman).

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian) is a currently ongoing vote conducted by Belgian TV broadcast Canvas, to determine who is the Greatest Belgian of all time. ... De Grootste Nederlander (The Greatest Dutchman) was a public poll held in 2004 by the broadcasting company, KRO (Publieke Omroep). ...

See also

Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... This is an incomplete list of Flemish painters, with place and date of birth and death and painting style. ... Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Wife by Jan van Eyck (1434). ... For 15th century Dutch and Flemish painting, see Early Netherlandish painting. ... The Renaissance in the Netherlands coincides with a very turbulent period in the region. ...

References

  1. ^ Mayor, A. Hyatt. Prints & People: A Social History of Printed Pictures. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971, 426.

External links

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

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WebMuseum: Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (747 words)
Pieter Bruegel (about 1525-69), usually known as Pieter Bruegel the Elder to distinguish him from his elder son, was the first in a family of Flemish painters.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century, is by far the most important member of the family.
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638) was the elder of two sons born just a few years before their father's death.
Canvas Creations - Jan Brueghel Biography (474 words)
Brueghel attended school in Antwerp where he was a pupil of Pieter Goctkind and probably also of Gillis van Coninxloo during the years of 1578-1584.
Jan Brueghel 's position in society and among his fellow artists was assured during his lifetime: he solidified the family reputation established by his famous father, and his works were very influential.
Brueghel's reputation as a master at painting flowers is notable because of the newness of the genre, and he was proud of his mastery of minute detail.
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