This is an introduction to his life and techniques, which I would like to know before watching the exhibition and exhibition of Dutch master Ferme.
Mysterious life of genius painter ・ Fermer to know by number
A mysterious painter. Johannes Vermeer often called so. What time did you live and what did you love? Why did you draw such a fascinating piece? In order to unravel the mystery of Kazuto INTO JAPAN, the remaining "numbers" were used as a clue to trace the life. There is a surprising view of work and an interesting figure ... This time from [15], [17], [43], I will explore the life of Fermeer!
[17] ... A painter representing the 17th century Netherlands
Rembrandt van Rein "The Watchman" 1642 Amsterdam National Museum / A huge masterpiece with a width of 4.37 m, depicting a civil vigilante group with dramatic light and deep shadows. Actually, it is a daytime scene. © UIG / PPS Communication Company
Vermeer played an active part in the 17th century called the Dutch painting Golden Age. Rembrandt, a “magic of light and dark,” is also a painter of this time. Rembrandt is 47 years old in 1653 when Vermeer became 20 years old and became independent. The age difference between the two was 27 years old. Vermeer would be conscious of a great master who had made a name for it, such as "night watch". Around the same time, Rubens in Belgium, Velazquez in Spain, Ushie Hishikawa Ukiyo-e and Kano School Kano Seiyu were active in Japan.
[15] ... The home is a luxury inn with 15 children
"The woman who plays guitar" 1670 Around Kenwood House / There is also a theory that painted Elizabeth daughter. © akg-images / PPS communication company
"The Flying Wolf" and "Mechelen". It is an inn run by Vermeer's father. Mae Helen also doubles as a picture shop, and its customers are full of artists. Although it has not been clarified who Fermeer learned about painting, it is likely that he had many opportunities to experience art. He eventually joined the painter guild at the age of 20 and became independent as a professional painter. In the previous year, she marries her daughter Catalina, and starts living with her mother-in-law's house (with 8 bedrooms!). Most of the infants do not appear in the picture of Vermeer, but in fact there are 15 children. It's a bit surprising.
[43] ... spent most of his 43 years in Delft
The new church depicted in "The View of Delft". Although it still retains the image of the 17th century, there is no single Fermere work in this town. © AGE Fotostock / PPS News Agency
The birth of Delmert in Vermeer is a beautiful small city colored with cobblestones and canal and brick buildings. If you want to be a painter, learn in Rome and Spain! Vermeer who loved this town and spent most of his 43 years of life during the period said to be. Many artists left the city and did not lose their love of Delft, even after the majority of their paintings had been destroyed, in the 1654 explosion of the gunpowder explosion where a quarter of the city was destroyed. It might have been possible to draw a room painting that soft light and a person blend in, and a landscape painting that Marcel Proust said in the novel, “I saw the most beautiful painting in the world”. not.
With the genre picture "woman woman" seen at the Vermeer exhibition
One of the early works drawn by Vermeer, "Our Lady". It is a genre painting drawn by Vermeer who was working on religious paintings and narrative paintings until then.
Attention point of "woman woman"
Johannes Vermeer "The woman who owns" 1656 Oil on canvas 143 x 130 cm Dresden National Classical Painting Hall bpk / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Herbert Boswank / distributed by AMF
A structure with a red-dressed person and a yellow-dressed whore on the right of the screen and a black-dressed person on the left. By making the left side of the picture black, it is intended to look at prostitutes and customers. Bordering the table line across the center of the screen, it is also an interesting point that the color of the top and bottom is like a mirror. The man on the left facing this is also said to be a self-portrait of Vermeer. This work is a "Velmer exhibition" being held at the Ueno no Mori Art Museum, for a limited time (Tokyo exhibition) from January 9 to February 3, 2019 (the session ends). If you have already gone, you will want to go see it again!
Vermeer Exhibition
Opening period-February 3rd Venue Ueno no Mori Art Museum
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