Osias Beert

Osias Beert the Elder (c. 1580 probably in Antwerp, † in Antwerp end of 1623) was a Dutch still life painter.

Biography

Osias the Elder Beert was born in 1580 in Antwerp. He was a student of Andries Baesteroy ( Andris van Baseroo ) and was performed after 1602 as a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. Osias the Elder Beert married 1606 Margarita Ykens, the sister of Ykens Frans the Elder, and thus was the uncle of the painter Frans the Younger Ykens Osias Beert had two sons, namely Elias and Osias Younger First, it was believed that Elias with Osias Younger is identical. Elias and D. J. Osias seem, however, but two independent persons to have been, where Osias Younger probably a little older than his brother Elias. For the year 1615 the membership of the Antwerp Rederijkerkamer De Olijftak is detectable. In addition, he was registered in Antwerp as Korkhändler. Osias the Elder Beert adopted, if known, the following students were: Hans Ickens ( 1605 ), Frans van der Borcht (1610 ), Pieter Doens ( 1611), Frans the Younger Ykens ( 1615), Paulus Pontius (1616 ) and Jan Willemsen ( 1618). Osias the Elder Beert died at the end of the year 1623 in Antwerp.

Art Historical Significance

Osias the Elder Beert is one of the most well-known representative of the early 17th century, active in Antwerp still-life painter and thus also one of the first painters of the autonomous still life in general. He painted only flower and fruit still lifes and snack images. He is especially true as the master of sophisticated dessert and fruit still life. He painted mainly on panels (copper or oak). Only 12 of the approximately 92 works attributed to him are signed or monogrammed - not one is dated. An approximate sequence of a series of Beerts still life is possible only on the basis of the dating of the copper plates on which the particular still life was painted. Typical of Beerts Blumenstillleben are single or multiple vases and flower baskets. The bouquets show bright red, blue and yellow tones with lush foliage green. Also typical for Beert as an early representative of the autonomous still life is the combination of the illustration of flowers with other objects. His repertoire of image objects include, among others magnificent wine glasses, dishes and bowls made ​​of clay, Chinese porcelain and pewter ware. These are filled with foods such as oysters, olives, fruits, nuts and sweetmeats ( sweets). Osias the Elder Beert wore the thin paint in several layers ( glazes ) on a light background, and thus achieved an impressive clarity and clean design but an individual style. A striking characteristic of Beerts paintings ( as for all early still lifes ) is the high-set view point that makes a non-overlapping supervision possible and arranging her subjects to the center on a table without a tablecloth. His paintings are formally very close despite the individual style of painting the paintings other early Flemish still life painters such as Jan Brueghel the Elder, Clara Peeters and Jacob van Hulsdonck. In addition, also find parallels with works by Georg Flegel and Gottfried von Wedig as well as with those of Floris van Dyck and Nicolaes Gillis.

Works

A selection of works by Osias the Elder Beert

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