There is, however, no positive record of
this.
In brush-work hewas at times labored, but almost
always effective.
There is, however, no positive record of this. His
first master was an obscure Robert Campin. What he sawhe could portray with the most
telling reality.
He was a painter of muchculture, and the keynote of
his art is refinement. The result wassomething popular, but not original or
far-reaching, thoughtechnically well done.
Peter Louvain, Munich, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna;
Memling, Brussels Mus.
His influence was fatalupon his followers, of whom
there were many, like the Franckens and DeVos. In brush-work hewas at times labored,
but almost always effective. So far as we know there never was muchuse of distemper,
or fresco-work upon the walls of buildings. In giving the sense of life andpersonal
physical presence, he was unexcelled by any one. The portrait was emphatically
hisstrongest work.
Asa religious painter, he was perhaps beyond all
his contemporaries intenderness and pathos.
After visiting Italy he took up with the warmth
ofTitian. SCHOOL OF BRUGES: Painting in Flanders starts abruptly with thefifteenth
century. They all took an influence moreor less pronounced from Rubens. The
many-figured group he was not always successful incomposing or
lighting.
Among therecent painters but a few can be
mentioned.
Among therecent painters but a few can be
mentioned. They were apparently not influenced at first byItaly. He at first
followed Pieter de Hooghe and other earlypainters.
He built upthe importance of certain features by
dragging down all otherfeatures. Petersburg; Theotocopuli, Cathedral and S. His work
was alittle dry and formal, but graceful in composition, and good in lightand
color.
In colorhe was again arbitrary but forcible and
harmonious. Asa religious painter, he was perhaps beyond all his contemporaries
intenderness and pathos. PRINCIPAL WORKS: Generally speaking, Spanish art cannot be
seen to advantage outside of Spain. Next toEeckhout he was probably the nearest to
Rembrandt in methods of allthe pupils.