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Frans Post 1612-1680 Dutch Frans Post Gallery
was a Dutch painter. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the New World.
In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil at the invitation of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, who was governor-general there, at the suggestion of his brother Pieter Post. In 1644, Post returned to Haarlem. Of his Brazilian landscapes, some depict actual locations, while others are probably imaginary. Post's art is usually classified as Baroque.
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Painting ID:: 2110 Brazilian Landscape
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Painting ID:: 10204 Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz
Oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 10205 Ox Cart
1638
Oil on canvas
61x88cmLouvre
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Painting ID:: 21760 Hacienda (mk08)
1652
Oil on panel.
45x65cm
Mainz,Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum
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Painting ID:: 33714 Hacienda
mk86
1652
Oil on canvas
45x65cm
Mainz,Mitteltheinisches Landesmuseum
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Frans Post
1612-1680 Dutch Frans Post Gallery
was a Dutch painter. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the New World.
In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil at the invitation of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, who was governor-general there, at the suggestion of his brother Pieter Post. In 1644, Post returned to Haarlem. Of his Brazilian landscapes, some depict actual locations, while others are probably imaginary. Post's art is usually classified as Baroque.
. Related Artists to Frans Post: | Hans von Kulmbach | Rodolfo Amoedo | Henrik Nordenberg | Joseph Stella | Osias Beert |
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