Peter van Bleeck
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Petrus Johannes (Pieter) van Bleeck (baptized June 25, 1697 in 's-Gravenhage ; † July 20, 1764 in London ) was a Dutch portrait painter and engraver who was primarily active as an artist in London.
Life
Born in The Hague in 1697 (according to other sources even in 1700) as the son of the portrait painter Richard van Bleeck, Peter van Bleeck moved to London with his large family in 1723 after training with Daniel Haring and Theodor van Schuur in the absence of commissions Things became known for his portraits and sets of personalities on the London stage, such as portraits of Owen Swiny (1737), Benjamin Griffin , Benjamin Johnson , Kitty Clive and Margaret Woffington . In addition, he also painted other well-known figures at the time, such as the theologian James Foster .
His paintings were mostly distributed very quickly as etchings , partly by the well-known copper engraver John Faber Junior , who also used them as the basis for his own creations, as in the case of the popular actress Kitty Clive.
His etchings, which are valued for their tonal range and the level of detail, are in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and other important art collections. He usually signed his pictures with a crossed-out capital P and B or the letters PVB .
His brother Baptist van Bleeck (1673–1719 / 20) worked as a sculptor, another brother, Richard van Bleeck (* 1670) as a history painter.
Peter van Bleeck died in London in 1764.
literature
- Horace Walpole et al .: Peter van Bleeck . In: James Dallaway (Ed.): Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists, and notes on other arts… Band IV . Shakespeare Press, London 1827, pp. 54 ( books.google.com ).
Web links
- Works by Peter van Bleeck in the National Portrait Gallery . Accessed September 12, 2012.
- Etchings by Peter van Bleeck in the British Museum . Accessed September 12, 2012.
- georgeglazer.com
- Bleeck, Pieter van within the RKD database. Accessed September 12, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Dominik Fiorillo: History of the drawing arts from their resurrection to the most recent times. Volume 5: Concerning the history of painting in Great Britain. JF Römer, Göttingen 1808, p. 550 .
- ↑ rkd.nl ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Example ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The Maid in Rural Happiness. Peter van Bleek after Morellio , mezzotint , 1757.
- ↑ Van der Aa ea, Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (Van der Aa) . Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Owen Swiny at www.ricorso.net. Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ The Alchemist. Benjamin Griffin and Benjamin Johnson as Tribulation and Ananias in Act 3, 2nd scene from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson , hand-colored mezzotint etching, 1738. Victoria and Albert Museum. Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Image comparison with a copy of the Tansey miniature collection . Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Example: Mrs Cibber as Cordelia in Act III of King Lear . In: H. Beard Print Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum , London. Accessed September 12, 2012.
- ↑ Joseph Heller: Monogram Lexicon, containing the known, dubious and unknown characters, as well as the abbreviations of the names of the draftsmen, painters, form cutters, engravers, lithographers, etc. with brief information about the same. JG Sickmüller, Bamberg 1831, p. 309 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ Nieuw Nederlands Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW). Accessed September 12, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bleeck, Peter van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bleek, Pieter van; Bleeck, Pieter van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch portrait painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 25, 1697 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | 's-Gravenhage |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1764 |
| Place of death | London |