Allart van Everdingen
(18 June 1621 - 8 November 1675) |
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Scandinavian landscapes Art Work
| Name: |
Allart van Everdingen |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| Nationality: |
Dutch |
| Birth: |
18 June 1621 |
| Death: |
8 November 1675 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Scandinavian landscapes |
| Medium: |
oil painting |
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oil painting |
| Style: |
Dutch Golden Age |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
Credited with introducing scenes of wild and rocky Scandinavian landscapes into Dutch painting, Allan van Everdingen influenced numerous Dutch painters, including Jacob van Ruisdael, whose own Scandinavian views are considered his most monumental achievement. Everdingen's grand large-scale landscapes lit with dramatic intensity are considered a precursor to those of Rembrandt as well.
Everdingen was trained in painting in Utrecht under Roelant Savery, but seems to have absorbed little of the stylistic tendencies of his first master. Everdingen's technique seems to align more closely with Pieter de Molijn, who taught the budding artist when he was in residence in Haarlem.
Allan's earliest dated known painting is a Stormy Sea dated 1640. Between 1640 and 1644 he traveled to Sweden and Norway, under the direction of the Dutch exporting families Trip and de Geer. Allan's annotated drawings of Norway's southern coast are still preserved. They became the basis for his lifelong interest in the landscapes of Scandanavia--its rocky cliffs, roaring waterfalls, and rough beauty. Everdingen returned to the Netherlands by early 1645, and married Janneke Coronelis Brouwers in Haarlem in February of that year. By 1646, he had become a member of the Haarlem guild.
By this time, Everdingen had fully realized his uniquely Scandinavian favor of landscape painting. His View of a River Valley from a Mountain dated 1647, Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst is notable for its straightforward presentation of the Scandinavian terrain. By 1648 he had introduced vertical views of waterfalls, such as the signed example on loan to the Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum in Hannover. Fewer dated works are known after 1650, but he evidently continued to produce variants of waterfalls and mountain views, as well as occasional panoramas of the Scandinavian countryside. He also painted town views and an occasional harbor view.
In 1652 Everdingen moved to Amsterdam and five years later became a citizen there.The artist died at the age of fifty four and was buried in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. |
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