Adriaen van Ostade

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Adriaen van Ostade, portrait by Frans Hals .

Ostade's signature:
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Adriaen van Ostade (* 1610 in Haarlem ( Lübeck is often mentioned in older literature ), baptized December 10, 1610 , † 1685, buried in Haarlem on May 2, 1685 ; birth name Adriaen Hendricx) was a Dutch painter and etcher. Isaac van Ostade was his brother and student.

Life

"Peasants in a Tavern" by Adriaen van Ostade (approx. 1635)

Adriaen van Ostade was the son of a baker in Lubeck. He became (together with Adriaen Brouwer ) a pupil of Frans Hals and worked in his manner until around 1639. From then on he followed Rembrandt's style of painting , which his inclination for the painterly exploitation of chiaroscuro had already met earlier. He died in Haarlem on May 2, 1685.

Ostade painted a large number of mostly humorous, also “single-figure” genre pictures of small format from the lives of citizens and farmers: smokers, drinkers, gamblers, quacks, dancers, brawls, etc., sometimes also portraits. In the first period of his work, influenced by Hals, from which around 40 pictures can be traced, a striving for sharp, lively characteristics and for coarse humor can be recognized.

"The dance in the inn" (1652), etching

In addition to the chiaroscuro effect, the images of the second period are characterized by naivety of conception and cozy humor. The pictures of the third period (mostly interiors with figures) are distinguished by their careful execution in a bright, luminous tone. Paintings by him can be found in the galleries in Berlin, Dresden, Vienna (Imperial Gallery, Liechtenstein), Paris ( Louvre ), Munich (Pinakothek), Amsterdam, The Hague and St. Petersburg. Their number is around 400. The main works are: The organ grinder and the peasant society in Berlin , The interior of a hut and the schoolmaster in the Louvre , The peasants in the tavern in Munich , The quack in Amsterdam , Peasant festival in Petersburg , The painter's studio in Amsterdam and The Painter at the Easel in Dresden . He has also left numerous watercolors, ink drawings and etchings.

Exhibitions

  • 2016: kids, guys, characters. The graphic work Adriaen van Ostade . Kunsthalle Bremen . Catalog book.
Single-figure genre picture: The doctor in his study during the uroscopy

Selection of works

  • The painter in his workshop , 1663, wood, 38 × 35 cm. Dresden, picture gallery.
  • The minstrel , 1673, wood, 45 × 42 cm. The Hague, Mauritshuis.
  • The so-called family of the painter , 1654, wood, 70 × 81 cm. Paris, Musee National du Louvre.
  • After work in the country , 1659, wood, 37 × 45 cm. Kassel, picture gallery.
  • Funny peasant company , 1641, wood, 45 × 38 cm. Munich, Alte Pinakothek.
  • Dancing dwarfs in a peasant tavern , around 1635, wood, 24.5 × 29 cm. Kunsthalle Bremen.
  • Conversation by the fireplace , 1661, copper, 37 × 47 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.
  • Annunciation to the Shepherds , wood, 69 × 55 cm. Braunschweig, Duke Anton Ulrich Museum .
  • Carving and smoking peasants , wood, 30 × 37 cm. Karlsruhe, art gallery.
  • Farmer greeting , around 1650–55, wood, 27 × 22 cm. Bonn, private collection
An etching by the artist, title unknown

gallery

literature

Web links

Commons : Adriaen van Ostade  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Jacob Burkhard has already corrected the place of birth. See: Ders., Works. Critical complete edition. Vol. 18: Modern art since 1550. Munich a. Basel 2006, p. 614.
  2. Friedrich v. Zglinicki : Uroscopy in the fine arts. An art and medical historical study of the urine examination. Ernst Giebeler, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-921956-24-2 , pp. 114 and 117 ( The doctor in his study , 1665).
  3. It doesn't have to be Rembrandt: Adriaen van Ostade in FAZ of May 31, 2016, page 9.