Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1610-1685
Painter, draughtsman and etcher. According to Houbraken's rather unreliable biography, he was a pupil concurrently with Adriaen Brouwer of Frans Hals in Haarlem. Hals influenced him very little, whereas Brouwer, who was described as 'known far and wide' as early as 1627, had a decisive influence on the evolution of Adriaen van Ostade's always idiosyncratic portrayal of peasant life. The first documentary mention of Adriaen van Ostade as a painter is in 1632 (Schnackenburg, 1970). Most of his paintings are signed and dated, the earliest firmly dated example being the Peasants Playing Cards Related Paintings of Adriaen van ostade :. | Peasant Family in a Cottage Interior | Peasant Family in a Cottage Interior | Van Ostade Riid | Bauerntanz in der Scheune | Peasants in a Tavern | Related Artists:
Simone Dei CrocefissiFourteenth century
Fourteenth century.Italian painter. He was the son of a Bolognese cobbler and was almost certainly the pupil of Jacopo di Scannabecchi di Dalmasio, who married his sister in 1350. Simone was already a master painter when first recorded in 1355, probably living opposite S Domenico, Bologna,
oscar wildeBorn: 16 October 1854
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 30 November 1900
Best Known As: The author of The Importance of Being Earnest
Gillis MostraertHulst 1534-Antwerp after 1598