Willem van Aelst

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Willem van Aelst (born May 16, 1627 in Utrecht or Delft, † after 1683 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch still life painter .

Life

Willem van Aelst was the student of his uncle Evert van Aelsts . On November 9, 1643 he was accepted into the Delft Guild of St. Luke . He lived in France from 1645 to 1649 and then in Italy until 1656 . There he worked for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II. De Medici , among others . In Italy he worked closely with Otto Marseus van Schrieck , who probably painted insects on his paintings more often.

From 1657 he stayed in Amsterdam, where he probably worked until his death. His students included Isaac Denies, Ernst Stuven, Rachel Ruysch , Geertje Pieters (1636–1712) and, above all, Maria van Oosterwijk (1630–1693).

Willem van Aelst was an important painter of flower, fruit and hunting still lifes. He was an excellent colourist and achieved a high level of mastery in the rendering of fabrics, metals and bird feathers.

Works (selection)

Still life with hunted birds and hunting equipment , around 1660
Flowers in a Silver Vase , 1663
Still life with hunting implements and dead birds , 1668
Still Life with Flowers , 1665, Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg
Still life with dead poultry (1658)
Still life with two peaches (1672)
Still life with glasses and fruits (around 1650–1660)
Still Life with Ornaments and Fruits (1659)
Still life with hunted birds and hunting equipment (around 1660)
Flowers in a Silver Vase (around 1663)
Still life with venison and hunting equipment (1667)
Still life with fruits (1657)
  • Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Still life with a bouquet of flowers (1651)
Still life with flowers (1663)
  • The Hague, Mauristshuis
Flowers in a Vase (1663)
Breakfast Still Life (1679)
Still life with a herring head (1659)
Hunting Still Life (1679)
Still life with hunting implements and dead birds (1668)
Thistles with various animals (1671)
  • Kassel, Old Masters Picture Gallery
Still life with a vase of flowers and a pocket watch (1656)
Still life with fruits, mouse and butterflies (1677)
  • Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst
Table still life (1657)
Still life with dead birds and rucksack (1674)
Glass vase with a berry branch (1664)
Flowers in a Vase, (1663)
Still life with a dead jay (1665)
Still life with flowers (1677)
Still life with fruits (1670)
Still life with flowers (around 1656)
Still life with flowers
Breakfast still life
  • San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum
Flowers in a Silver Vase (1663)
Breakfast Still Life (1661)
Still life with prey (1671)
Breakfast still life with nautilus jug (1672)
Still life with two dead roosters (1676)
Still life with prey (1677)
Still life with flowers (1678)
Still life with herring (n.d.)
  • Toulouse, Musée des Augustin
Still life with a flower vase (1645–1656)
Still life with fruits (1645–1656)
Still life with a vase of flowers (1651)
  • Vaduz, collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein
Hunting still life (1663)
Still life with dead game (1661)
Still life with herring, onions and bread (1671)

Lost Works

  • formerly Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
    • Still life with snipe, goldfinch and stone fowl. 1653 (loss of war)
  • formerly Dresden, Old Masters Picture Gallery
    • Still life with partridge and bullfinch. (missing since 1945)
  • formerly Vienna, picture gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts
    • Still life with grapes, peaches and glasses. (missing since 1945)

literature

Web links

Commons : Willem van Aelst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rau Collection - loans from the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck - still life with flowers.
  2. ^ Rau Collection - Loans from the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck - Breakfast Still Life.
personal data
SURNAME Aelst, Willem van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillielmo d'Olanda; Guillielmo d'Olanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht or Delft
DATE OF DEATH after 1683
Place of death Amsterdam