David Teniers the Younger

David Teniers ( baptized December 15, 1610 in Antwerp, † April 25, 1690 in Brussels) was a Flemish painter.

Life

Teniers main teacher was his father, David Teniers the Elder. Later he was influenced by Peter Paul Rubens and Adriaen Brouwer. In 1633 he was inducted into the Guild of St. Luke of Antwerp, 1645 he was dean of the guild.

In 1637 he married Anna Brueghel, a daughter by Jan Brueghel the Elder. ; Groomsman was Rubens. Teniers also son of the same David Teniers III. (* July 10, 1638, † February 11, 1685 ) did not attain the notoriety of his father. In his capacity as Tapisseriemaler its importance lies in the field of decorative tapestry.

Teniers was appointed in 1651 as court painter in Brussels. As such, he was responsible for the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. For this he created in 1660 the " Theatrum Pictorium ," the first illustrated catalog of a collection of paintings at all. In addition, he founded in 1664 the Antwerp Academy. David Teniers the Younger was in his almost 80 years of life, very productive, hundreds of his works have survived, they hang as good as any well-known art gallery in. His genre scenes were extremely popular among collectors of his time.

Work

Teniers created, among other peasant tap-room scenes with drinkers, smokers and card players in addition to subjects such as festivals, soldiers guard-rooms, alchemists and witches kitchen - a total of about 800 images. A large part of his oeuvre form The Temptations of St. Anthony, of which an estimated 100 to 200 - Teniers and his disciples attributed - versions exist.

Teniers is the most fertile of the Flemish painter of peasants, but which differed from his fellow artists with a more moderate, less rough and more serene view of rural pleasures. His paintings are characterized by cozy humor, a rich, well -thought out, a bright, fresh, sometimes glancing at the Colorful coloring by characteristic witty and fresh liveliness of presentation. Except peasant dances, Dorfkirmessen, fights and tavern scenes he painted genre- up took scenes from the Bible, fantastic scenes, such as the Temptation of St. Anthony, alchemists in their laboratories, guard-rooms with soldiers, the doings of men parody animal pieces (monkeys, cats, etc. ), landscapes with figures and the like. Initially, in a strong, brownish tone painting, he acquired in his prime a warm golden tone at, in its place since about 1650 came a fine silver tone.

Works (excerpt)

  • The Alchemist. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • The Puffspieler. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • The Artist with his family. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • The Temptation of St. Anthony ( Teniers, 1634). Museum Wasserburg Anholt
  • The Temptation of St. Anthony. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • The Temptation of Saint Anthony grotto. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • Flemish fair. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • The Martyrdom of the rich in purgatory. Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
  • Fair in the tavern at the half moon. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • The smoke society. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • The cuber. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • Village by the river. 14.5 x 21 cm. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • Village street. 14.5 x 21 cm. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • The Release of Peter from prison and the dentist. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
  • The farmhouse kitchen. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
  • The old smoker (late 1660s ). Lower Saxony State Museum, Hannover
  • The guardroom. Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • Protect society from the town hall in Antwerp. Hermitage, St. Petersburg
  • The inn to the angel. Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
  • The smoker. Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
  • The wedding banquet. Hermitage in St. Petersburg
  • The backgammon players. Museo del Prado, Madrid
  • The amusement in Wirtshaushof. Museo del Prado. Madrid
  • Twelve images from Tassos " liberated Jerusalem." Museo del Prado. Madrid
  • Monkey and cat scenes. Museo del Prado, Madrid
  • The Prodigal Son Feasting. Louvre, Paris
  • The denial of Peter. Louvre, Paris
  • The heron hunting of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. Louvre, Paris
  • The smoker. Louvre, Paris
  • The dance in the taproom. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
  • The Peasant Wedding. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
  • The guardroom. Oil on canvas, 66.5 × 83.5 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich
  • Boy with flute. Oil on wood, 17 x 12.5 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
  • Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his gallery in Brussels. Oil on canvas, 123 × 163 cm, Kunsthistorisches Muse, Vienna
  • The Brussels bird shooting. Oil on canvas, 172 × 247 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Abraham's sacrifice. Oil on canvas, 132 × 103 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Peasant Wedding (Bauer Freud), 1648, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 114 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Raid on a village ( peasant suffering ), 1648, oil on canvas, 77 × 114 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Antonio Moncada defeated Bernardo Cabrera. Oil on copper, 57 x 70 cm. Kunsthandlung Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich
  • Dutch proverbs .1645 to 1647, oil on canvas, 120 × 207 cm, Bez.uM: DAVID TENIERS FEC Grantham, Belvoir Castle, Lent by the Trustees of His Grace the Duke of Rutland
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