Floris van Dyck
Floris Claesz. van Dyck ( * ca 1575 in Delft; † before April 1651 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch still life painter. Name variants of it are Floris van Dijck, Floris van Dyck Dikius and Florentius.
Biography
Floris van Dyck was born about 1575 in Delft. As the only relative is his cousin, the painter and draftsman Pieter Cornelisz. van Dyck known. He first lived in Haarlem, where he became engaged in 1604, and later married the first time. About his education is not known. However, is certain that he undertook a journey to Rome and was staying at in Rome in 1600. In 1606 he was already back in the Netherlands, in the city of Haarlem. In 1610 he became a member of the St. Luke guild in Haarlem in 1637 and its head. Floris van Dyck married for the second time in October 1627th He seemed by this marriage with Cornelia Jansdr. Not to be Vlasmans that brought their assets in marriage to his profession as a painter and thus rely on an income earned himself. He died shortly before April in the year 1651st
Art Historical Significance
Floris van Dyck is only a relatively small oeuvre known ( 13 paintings and a work in watercolor painting ). He signed his paintings with the monogram " FVD ", sometimes accompanied by an "H" ( Harlemensis ), and followed by " Fecit ". His paintings are to the banquet pieces ( also: banketjes or Ontbijtjes ) counted. As with banketje or Ontbijtje However, almost all the paintings are meant to represent a column loaded with food and dishes panel, would be a more sophisticated term for the painting as Dyck and Gillis created poster. All appear to have been influenced in the Flemish painters Clara Peeters and Osias Beert Floris van Dyck of the. Together with his fellow painter Nicolaes Gillis established Floris van Dyck the banquet pieces ( boards ) in the city of Haarlem as a separate subject. Compared with Nicolaes Gillis Floris van Dyck has a greater importance and therefore it is to award " the most style-forming power." The painting by Floris van Dyck and Nicolaes Gillis had a strong influence on the following generation of painters. They paved the way for a new kind of banquet pieces - Het Monochrome banketje.