François Verwilt

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François Verwilt (* approx. 1623 in Rotterdam ; † 1691 ibid) was a Dutch painter .

Life

As the son of the painter Adriaen Verwilt (Antwerp 1582–1639). It is certain that Verwilt was a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1586–1667) from Utrecht with Johann Liss , Jan Baptist Weenix , Jan van Haensbergen and Daniel Vertangen . Verwilt did not specialize exclusively in the history and landscape painting of his teacher. He painted a number of religious biblical scenes in landscapes such as Poelenburgh, including a number of pictures of the Virgin Mary, which were intended more for Catholic (probably Flemish) customers, but also bourgeois interiors of festivals and games as well as scenes of peasant genre painting . There are also portraits and still lifes . His coloring is cool enamel-like, but later he also painted pictures in the manner of Rembrandt with chiaroscuro effects in shades of brown. Main activity in Utrecht and Rotterdam, where he lived all his life. He also worked for a short time in Middelburg (Zeeland) and was a member of the Guild of St Luke . His students were Cornelis Cingelaar and Peter Hovius.

His pictures are in museums in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Budapest, Leningrad, Mainz, Osnabrück, Paris, Vienna. There is no detailed biography or monograph on his works.

literature

  • Darmstaedter. Robert. Reclam artist lexicon. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2002.
  • Confused, François . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 307 .
  • Willingen, Adriaan van der and Fred G. Meijer. A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-Life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725. Leiden: Primavera Press 2002.
  • Wurzbach. Alfred of. Dutch artist lexicon . 4 vols. Vienna, Leipzig: Halm & Goldmann, 1906–11.

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annotation

  1. ↑ also 1620 and 1618 are often mentioned as the year of his birth
personal data
SURNAME Confused, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1623
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH 1691
Place of death Rotterdam