Abraham van Diepenbeeck
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Abraham van Diepenbeeck (born May 9, 1596 in 's-Hertogenbosch , † December 31, 1675 in Antwerp ) was a Dutch glass painter, painter, draftsman and draftsman.
Life
Van Diepenbeeck was born in 1596 as the son of the glass painter Jan van Diepenbeeck . He first learned glass painting from his father and probably moved to Antwerp in the early 1620s. In 1622/23 he was accepted as a glass painter in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke and worked as a draftsman for a printing company. In 1632 he traveled to Fontainebleau and Paris, where he copied frescoes by Francesco Primaticcio and Nicolò dell'Abbate . Diepenbeeck also painted pictures for the Carmelite Church of St-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris. In 1641 Diepenbeeck became dean of the Guild of St. Luke, but was struck off the list of deans after a violent dispute within the guild and only reappointed all rights in 1672.
On June 4, 1636 Diepenbeeck became a citizen of Antwerp. The following year he married Catharina Heuvinck with whom he had eight children. Diepenbeeck's wife died as early as 1648 and in 1652 he married the widow Anna van der Dort, with whom he had four more children.
Diepenbeeck died in Antwerp in 1675.
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In the first years of his artistic career, Diepenbeeck worked primarily as a glass painter. These works are only preserved today in fragments, including twelve scenes from the life of Christ and Mary from the years 1622 to 1625 in the Loretto chapel of the Carmelite monastery in Antwerp, as well as windows in the chamber of the rifle guild and in the reception room of the Antwerp city hall (1624) . In the following years he created, among other things:
- 1633: ten windows in the Pauluskirche
- 1635: seven works of mercy with donors in the wedding chapel of the Pauluskirche.
- 40 scenes from the life of St. Francis of Paola, Franciscan Church
- four windows in the choir of the Jesuit church
- 1644: four windows with Christ, Mary, Philip IV and Isabella Marienkapelle, St. John
By the 1620s at the latest, Diepenbeeck also painted and drew on canvas, wood and paper. His drawings and oil sketches show strongly eclectic features . In the 1620s Diepenbeeck and Peter Paul Rubens began an intensive collaboration, which also influenced Diepenbeeck's oeuvre of the 1620s. In particular, the lighting by means of chiaroscuro contrasts can be traced back to Rubens, but so are the efforts made for perspective, expression and movement. Diepenbeeck also worked several times with Daniel Seghers . The artist's motifs were religious, historical and allegorical representations and portraits, which were also engraved by printmakers. In the last years of his career, Diepenbeeck concentrated primarily on tapestries, illustrations for devotional books and prints.
literature
- Abraham van Diepenbeeck . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 27, Saur, Munich a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-598-22767-1 , p. 260.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diepenbeeck, Abraham van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Diepenbeeck, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1596 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herzogenbusch |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1675 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |