Theodor Loon
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Portraiture, Landscapes, Secular Narratives, Art Work
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Theodor Loon |
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Brussels? |
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1581 |
| Death: |
1667 |
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Portraiture, Landscapes, Secular Narratives, |
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Painting
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Biography
| One of the chief Flemish Caravaggists, van Loon was the leading exponent in Brussels of the tenets of realism and dramatic lighting – a style that offered an important alternative to the fashionable grand manner of Rubens. Van Loon integrated features from other Italian artists including Domenichino,' the Carracci, and the Bassani into his own highly personal style. His work merits more attention than it has received to date. Theodore is probably the Theodoro Vallino" mentioned in Italy as a pupil of Jacob de Hase in Rome, 1602, and in Florence around 1607 to 1608. Van Loon was back in Flanders by 1612 or even earlier. Some sources mention van Loon in Brussels by 1609. Between 1623 and 1628 he is noted in Louvain. Among the first surviving works after his return from Italy are the six large episodes from the life of the Virgin, done between 1623 and 1628 for the pilgrimage Church of Montaigu. A seventh, The Meeting at the Golden Gate, is dated 1616 and signed. This series, together with his Assumption of the Virgin (Brussels, Musses Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique) is generally regarded as the highpoint of van Loon's career. The Assumption, with its smoothly modeled figures, its clearly delineated forms, its languid transition of one form to another, and its remarkable massing of forms at the top and at the bottom of the painting, balanced by great voids in between, is a pleasing example of the lessons Italian paintings could teach a very talented Fleming. Italy evidently offered van Loon continued attractions, for he was back there again in 1628 and 1629, where he worked for S. Maria dell'Anima. Payment records of that year mentioned a SL Anne, which is no longer preserved in the church. By 1632 van Loon had returned north. He was in Brussels and Montaigu (where he executed scenes from the life of St. Anne). From 1639 to 1646, van Loon is mentioned in Lou vain again. Theodore may have known Matthias Stomer. |
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