Simon de Vlieger

circa 1643

1642

Simon de Vlieger (* 1601 in Rotterdam , † 1653 in Weesp ) was a Dutch painter .

Life

Vlieger worked in Delft from 1634 to 1638 and then in Amsterdam , where he acquired citizenship on January 5, 1643. He has been traceable in Weesp since 1649 and spent the last years of his life there. He was one of the first marine painters of the Dutch school and has painted both sea storms and calm navies with individual ships, entire fleets and sea battles . It is particularly outstanding in reproducing the effects of sunlight on calm seas. His pictures are numerous and can be found in galleries in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen , Saint Petersburg , Vienna , Budapest , Dresden , Berlin , Schwerin and other places. He also etched a number of landscapes .

Works (selection)

River landscape , oil on panel, 70 × 123 cm ( Budapest , Magyar Szépmüvészeti Múzeum )
Frigate and fishing boat in calm seas , wood, 25 × 34 cm ( Frankfurt am Main , Städelsches Kunstinstitut )
Port entrance with ships , canvas, 65 × 100 cm (Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen )
Scheveningen coast , wood, 39 × 61 cm ( London , Leger Gallery)
Slightly moving sea with a sailing boat , 1633, wood, 32 × 44 cm ( Berlin , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , Gemäldegalerie )

literature

Hermann Arthur Lier: Vlieger, Simon de . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 90.
J. Rosenberg: " The Wreckers by Simon de Vlieger ", in "Annual Report of the Fogg Art Museum", Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1953-54.
Catalog of the exhibition " Het Nederlandsche Zee en Riviergesicht in the XVIIde eeuw " (Museum Boymans), Rotterdam 1945–46.
L. Preston: " Sea and River Paintings of the Netherlands ", Oxford 1937.
FC Willis: " The Dutch Marine Painting ", Leipzig 1911.
J. Kelch, “Studies on Simon de Vlieger as a marine painter”, (Diss.) Berlin 1971.

Web links

Commons : Simon de Vlieger - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Vlieger, Simon de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1601
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH	1653
Place of death	Weesp