Esaias Boursse

Interior with woman at the spinning wheel, oil painting by Esaias Boursse, 1961

Esaias Boursse (born March 3, 1631 in Amsterdam , † November 16, 1672 at sea) was a Dutch painter .

Live and act

Esaias Boursse was born in Amsterdam in 1631, his parents were originally Walloons . With financial support from his brother Jan Boursse, he was able to train as a painter and undertake a trip to Italy. In 1651 he became a member of the Amsterdam Painters' Guild. From 1661 to 1663 he went on a boat trip to India as an Adelborst (chief seaman). During this time he drew pictures of Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope , which he later gave to his brother. On a second voyage to East India, which he began in 1671, he died the following year on the high seas on board the ship Reenen .

Thematically he is close to the Delft painters and Jacobus Vrel . He painted interior scenes with mostly female figures doing housework. By far his best-known painting is Interior with a Woman at the Stove from 1656, which is composed primarily of shades of gray, blue-gray and yellow-brown. The picture is composed very harmoniously, almost in the style of a still life .

Works (selection)

Interior with a woman at a spinning wheel , 1661, oil on canvas, 60 × 49 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Interior with Woman Cooking , 1656, oil on canvas, 51 × 57.8 cm, Wallace Collection
Woman sewing at the fireplace , oil on canvas, 59.5 × 47.2 cm, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
The boy with the soap bubbles , canvas, 61 × 48 cm, Gemäldegalerie (Berlin) , loss of war
Dutch interior with a sewing woman, oil on canvas, 52 × 60 cm, Gemäldegalerie Berlin
The two soap blowers , oil on canvas, 88 × 69 cm, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

literature

Wilhelm Martin : Boursse, Esaias . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 467-468 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Fred G. Meijer: Boursse, Esaias . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 13, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22753-1 , p. 393.

Web links

Commons : Esaias Boursse - collection of images, videos and audio files

Esaias Boursse. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

Individual evidence

↑ Fred G. Meijer: Boursse, Esaias. In: AKL, Volume 13, 1996, p. 393.
↑ Interior with Woman Cooking wallacelive.wallacecollection.org. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
↑ The boy with the soap bubbles lostart.de. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Boursse, Esaias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Boursse, Esias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1672
Place of death	at sea

[1] Fred G. Meijer: Boursse, Esaias. In: AKL, Volume 13, 1996, p. 393.

[2] Interior with Woman Cooking wallacelive.wallacecollection.org. Retrieved February 20, 2015.

[3] The boy with the soap bubbles lostart.de. Retrieved February 20, 2015.