Cornelis Vroom

Cornelis Hendricksz [ oon ] Vroom (c. 1591/1592 probably in Haarlem; ibid † 1661) was a Dutch painter and draftsman.

Family

Cornelis Vroom was the son of the marine painter Hendrick Cornelisz. Vroom born into a family of artists. And place of birth are not known. The artist himself stated in 1649 that he was 58 years old. His grandfather, who was also named Cornelis Vroom Hendrickszoon, was a sculptor and architect whose brother city of Gdansk. To distinguish the sculptor is also known as Cornelis Vroom Hendrickszoon the Elder and designated as the painter Cornelis Vroom Hendrickszoon of juniors. The family tradition followed as the two brothers and the son of Cornelis Vroom and also worked as a painter.

Education and work

Cornelis Vroom worked first as a student and colleague of his father. His first signed image naval battle between a Spanish galleon and Turkish galleys from 1615 is the only known Marine picture. In another Marine picture The Battle of Lepanto ( Ham House, Richmond ) is the authorship unclear. Despite the small number of maritime works, he must have done as an artist on this profession a name. In the estate of the painter Pieter Lastman seascapes are mentioned which were " made ​​in the style of the young Vroom ". From 1620 Cornelis Vroom turned to landscape painting. The reason for the change of subject may be decreased to family tensions that reported the housekeeper of the family. From 1635 to 1642 Vroom is detected as a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Haarlem. The selling price for a product sold to the city of Haarlem in 1639 painting he used partly to buy themselves free from service in the militia.

His drawings and early landscape paintings are clearly under the influence of Jan and Esaias van de Velde and Willem Pietersz. Buytewech. The resulting 1622 painting river landscape with boats ( Paynhurst Collection, London) is the oldest known landscape artist and is already taking the style of landscape representations of Salomon van Ruisdael anticipated. Frequently in the paintings Cornelis Vromms forest scenes and dunes are shown. It is usually a horizontal separation of sky and landscape, with repoussoir motifs enhance the depth effect. Contact with Jacob van Ruisdael influenced both artists mutually, in particular Vroom's drawings have played an important role in the development Ruisdael. Vroom also worked jointly with other painters. So he created landscapes in paintings by Paul Bril, Jacob van Campen and Caesar van Everdingen. Vroom worked in 1628 for the English Court and in 1638 presented paintings for the hall and the staircase of the Huis Honselaarsdijk (now Westland ) ready. Vroom, who was also in contact letter to Constantijn Huygens, took place on September 16, 1661 his final resting place in the church of St. Bavo in Haarlem.

Gallery

Robbery on the highway

Forest landscape on a river