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Adriaen Brouwer
(1605 - January 1638) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.
At a young age Brouwer, probably born as Adriaen de Brauwer in Oudenaarde, moved perhaps via Antwerp to Haarlem, where he became a student of Frans Hals alongside Adriaen van Ostade. He also was active in stage acting and poetry. He stayed in Haarlem and Amsterdam until 1631, when he moved back to Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. There, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1631-1632, as well as the rhetoricians's chamber De Violieren.
Tradition has it that Brouwer himself spent much time in the alehouses of Flanders and Holland. His works are typically detailed and small, and often adopt themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness in order to explore human emotions, expressions and responses to pain, fear and the senses. The Bitter Tonic is an example of the type of work that depicts such responses, in this case the sense of taste. His work was well liked, to the point that forgeries were sold in his own time. Both Rubens and Rembrandt owned a number of his works. Nevertheless, Brouwer appeared in financial trouble throughout his life.
He died at the early age of 32 in Antwerp, where he was first buried in a common grave.
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Painting ID:: 86549
Village Scene with Men drinking
1631-1635
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 63 x 95.9 cm (24.8 x 37.8 in)
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Painting ID:: 86580
The Pancake Baker
1625(1625)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 34 x 28.4 cm (13.4 x 11.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 86746
Two Peasants
Oil on wood
Dimensions 22 x 18 cm (8.7 x 7.1 in)
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Painting ID:: 87218
Tavern Scene
1635(1635)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 48 x 76 cm (18.9 x 29.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 87728
Streitende Bauern in einem Wirtshaus
1630(1630)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions 30 x 25 cm (11.8 x 9.8 in)
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Adriaen Brouwer
(1605 - January 1638) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.
At a young age Brouwer, probably born as Adriaen de Brauwer in Oudenaarde, moved perhaps via Antwerp to Haarlem, where he became a student of Frans Hals alongside Adriaen van Ostade. He also was active in stage acting and poetry. He stayed in Haarlem and Amsterdam until 1631, when he moved back to Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. There, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1631-1632, as well as the rhetoricians's chamber De Violieren.
Tradition has it that Brouwer himself spent much time in the alehouses of Flanders and Holland. His works are typically detailed and small, and often adopt themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness in order to explore human emotions, expressions and responses to pain, fear and the senses. The Bitter Tonic is an example of the type of work that depicts such responses, in this case the sense of taste. His work was well liked, to the point that forgeries were sold in his own time. Both Rubens and Rembrandt owned a number of his works. Nevertheless, Brouwer appeared in financial trouble throughout his life.
He died at the early age of 32 in Antwerp, where he was first buried in a common grave.
. Related Artists to Adriaen Brouwer: | Christopher Hieronymus Johansen | Narcisse Virgilio Diaz | Adam Pynacker | Albert van der Eeckhout | Vasiliy Pukirev |
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