AST, Balthasar van der
Dutch painter (b. 1594, Middelburg, d. 1657, Delft)
Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects c. 1630
Oil on panel, 47 x 37 cm
National Gallery, London
In the centre of this painting is a bouquet of flowers in a ceramic vase placed on a stone ledge.
Richly patterned seashells - a characteristic feature of Van der Ast's still-lifes - and a grasshopper are arranged to the sides of the vase.
Other insects populating the scene are a bee hovering on the right, a spider crawling on the petals of the yellow rose, and a butterfly resting on the iris at the top.
The painting reveals the artist's debt to his teacher Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.
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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (Dutch; 1573 - 1621), Still Life with Flowers (1617)
Oil on copper, 300 x 195 cm
Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
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jan. 25, 2022
today i went to the national gallery in london! i had a day off from my orientation/induction week activities, so i decided to go on a little adventure. it was so beautiful, and the art was stunning. i’m pretty sure i was in there for over 2 hours just walking around slowly and taking it all in!
there were a bunch of students there, and i was in awe of how they were sketching and painting replications of the art. i wish i had that kind of artistic skill! here were some of the highlights for me:
(left to right):
‘The Arnolfini Portrait’ by Jan van Eyck (1434)
‘A Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase on a Ledge with Further Flowers, Shells and a Butterfly’ by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1609-10)
‘Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers’ by Vincent van Gogh (1888)
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Inspirational art: Flower Still Life - Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web!
Title: Flower Still Life
Date: 1614
Artist: Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621)
Type of art: oil on copper
Source and information: The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621)
“Bouquet in an Arched Window” (c. 1618)
Oil on panel
Dutch Golden Age
Located in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
Jan Baptist Bosschaert (1667-1746)
“Flowers in a sculpted vase”
Oil on canvas
Located in the Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Brussels
The tradition of flower pieces established by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder and was continued by the Bosschaert family until the end of the 17th century. Jan Baptist, a descendant, was one of the last artists of the family.
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A few still lifes in art history
I start this very sketchy selection of still-life paintings by showing the great blue color shades which Cézanne used along with its light effects on the items shown on painting. A simply but centrally focused blue vase catches our attention (what about those apples?)
Paul Cézanne Le vase bleu, c.1889, oil on canvas, 61,2 x. 50,0 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Realism in Caravaggio’s basket of fruit work was against what most classical art pundits thought: any nature object should be idealized, therefore the “mission” of the artist was to re-focus or make perfect that what was seen otherwise.
Caravaggio, Basket of Fruit, c.1598-1601. Oil on canvas, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan.
We are in the presence of Memling and his painting which, by the way, was one of the first independent still lifes known in art. Rife with religious symbolism this maiolica jug is an astounding example of one of Delft’s most vigorous businesses: Faience earthenware craftsmanship.
Hans Memling’s Flowers in a Jug, c 1485. Oil on panel. 29.2 x 22.5 cm. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
And in no. 4, again, Cézanne and his Dahlias dans un grand vase de Delft (c.1873.) 73 x 54 cm, Musée d’Orsay, we can also admire a Delft pottery vase, which were fashionable in the Netherlands.
Renoir’s Still Life with Flowers and Fruit (c.1889) (99,7 x 140,3 cm) Philadelphia Museum of Art is a wonderful instance of his richness and exuberance of color.
Willen Kalf’s Still Life with Porcelain Jug. 1653 Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Still lifes (glasses, silver cups, porcelain, vases, jugs, cutlery…) as seen something characteristic of the Netherlands’ golden seventeenth century.
Henri Matisse’s Vase of Sunflowers, c.1899. Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm. Hermitage, Russia. Sunflowers motif, most likely Van Gogh’s influence.
Finally, to round off this selection I have chosen Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder’s Bouquet in an Arched Window, 1620. Oil on wood, Mauritshuis, The Hague. A painter known for his taste for displaying colorful flower vases in preparatory watercolors.
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07/03/17 - FMP;
Here is some another example of my progress that I have done for the Traditional Dutch Painting by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.
I used Paintool SAI to create my line work and I will add detail if necessary.
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