Paul Bril

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Self portrait
Roman landscape of ruins, Gemäldegalerie Dresden
Fresco by Paul Brils in the Sala Ducale , Vatican City

Paul Bril (* 1553 /54 in Breda , † 7. October 1626 in Rome ) was a Dutch painter .

Life

Paul Bril was a student of the painter Damiaen Wortelmans . In 1582 he moved to Rome to live with his brother Mathijs Bril , where he continued to teach him. Paul Bril painted landscapes in fresco and oil and marks a significant advance in this art by striving more than previous painters towards uniform lighting. His treatment was a little dry at first but broadened through the influence of the Italians. But he always retained the colder, bluish- greenish hue in the coloring and the execution of the composition in the style of the Dutch painters. He mainly painted religious representations, landscapes , navies , battles and allegories . He also erased various sheets. His works can be found in all galleries around the world.

Many painters in Rome were influenced by Paul Bril, such as Adam Elsheimer , Cornelis van Poelenburgh and Bartholomeus Breenbergh . He worked with Johannes Rottenhammer , who composed the figures in Bril's landscapes and painted figural scenes to which Bril added the landscapes. This work-sharing approach was quite common among painters in Rome at the time.

Works

  • Landscape near Tivoli , oil on copper, Frankfurt a. M., Staedel
  • Landscape with the Flight into Egypt , around 1600, oil on copper,
  • Landscape with Mercury and Battus , 1606, oil on copper, 26.5 × 39 cm, Turin, Galleria Sabauda
  • Landscape with the Temptation of Christ , 1612, tempera, 14.4 × 19 cm, Munich
  • Tower of Babel , 1591, oil on canvas, 193.5 × 259.5 cm, 1916 at Freienfels Castle , then the Bavarian State: now exhibited at Marienberg Fortress near Würzburg

literature

  • Hanno Hahn : Paul Bril in Caprarola . In: Miscellanea Bibliothecae Hertzianae . Roma, 1961, pp. 308-323.

Web links

Commons : Paul Bril  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Bril, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brill, Paulus; Bril, Paulus; Brilli, Paolo; Brillo, Paolo; Prüll, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1626
Place of death Rome