Gillis van Coninxloo

Gillis van Coninxloo ( born January 24, 1544 Antwerp, Netherlands, † death unclear buried on January 4, 1607, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) was a Dutch painter and is known for his portrayal of forest landscapes.

Curriculum vitae

His father was the artist Jan van Coninxloo II and his mother Elisabeth Hasaert. He went with the painters Lenaert Kroes and Gillis Mostaert into teaching. Later Coninxloo traveled to France and Italy, but then returned to Antwerp. In 1570 he joined the St. Luke's guild and married Maeyken Robroeck. She bore him three children.

As Antwerp was besieged in 1585 by the Spaniards, to Coninxloo decided to leave the city and go to Zeeland. Finally, he settled down in 1587 in Frankenthal. He was the most important representative of Frankenthaler painters' group, which also included Anton Mirou, Pieter Schoubroeck, Henrick Gijsmans and Hendrick van der Borcht. In 1595 he went to Amsterdam. There he got the Civil Rights and was member of the speakers Twit lavender. In 1603 he married again, namely Geertgen van Eeden, with whom he had a son. In Amsterdam he died, highly regarded in art circles, in 1607.

Works

Coninxloo the invention of the forest landscape has often been credited, however, has the perspective lately. However, he has a great importance in the characterization of this image Flemish topic. In his pictorial compositions fill the trees as an impenetrable wall the picture frame. Often, however, Coninxloo opens this thicket of trees with asymmetric open strips.

Swell

• Gillis van Coninxloo ( version of 31 March 2008 at the Internet Archive ), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.