ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 23. Peter Paul Rubens, ACJ Art Academy

Name: Peter Paul Rubens

Born: June 28, 1577; Siegen, Germany

Died: May 30, 1640; Antwerp, Belgium

Nationality: Flemish

Art Movement: Flemish Baroque, Baroque

Field: Painting, Printmaking

Influenced by: Titian, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Caravaggio, Hans Holbein the Younger, Adam Elsheimer

Influenced on: Gustave Courbet, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, John Constable, Théodore Géricault, Eugene Delacroix, Rosa Bonheur, Claudio Coello

Friends/Co-workers: Diego Velazquez

Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist who specialized in altarpieces, portraits, landscapes and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects, and his unique painting style emphasized movement, color and sensuality. Rubens ran a large studio in Antwerp and was also a humanist scholar and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. In addition, he was a prolific artist, and the catalogue of his works by Michael Jaffé includes 1,403 pieces, which excluded numerous copies made in his workshop.

The works he was commissioned were mainly "history paintings", which included religious and mythological themes and hunting scenes. Rubens painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life several landscapes. Most of his works are very forceful and without great detail, and he made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. Rubens was also one of the artists who consistently used wood panels, even for very large works, but he also used canvas, especially if the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces, he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems.

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RELATED ARTISTS

1. Titian

2. Pieter Bruegel the Elder

3. Caravaggio

4. Gustave Courbet

5. Frans Hals

6. Rembrandt

7. John Constable

8. Théodore Géricault

9. Eugene Delacroix

10. Diego Velazquez

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