Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1680 Painter and draughtsman, brother of Pieter Post. He was one of the first trained European landscape artists to paint in the New World. His paintings and drawings without exception depict Brazilian scenery with exotic buildings, plants, animals and natives. He probably received his early training from his father and was also influenced by his brother's early landscapes, although no works exist from this period. When Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen went to Brazil as Governor General of the Dutch colony in the north-east in October 1636, Frans Post, together with ALBERT ECKHOUT, was among the artists and scientists on board to record various aspects of Brazilian life, landscape,   Related Paintings of POST, Frans :. | One of the Falls of the Wannon | jenny lind | Der Flotenspieler | mont sainte victoire | Self-portrait |
Related Artists:
Jan Van Chelminski
1851-1925
Workshop of Michele Marieschi
painted Fantastic landscape with ruins in 1730s
Jose Legarda
painted Portrait of Manuel de Alday, bishop of Santiago de Chile in 1772