Jan Havickszoon Steen (c. 1626 – buried February 3, 1679) was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century (also known as the Dutch Golden Age). Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar This article focuses on social and cultural history For political events see History of the Netherlands and Dutch Revolt (1568–1648 Psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour are marks of his trade.
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Life
Steen was born in Leiden, where his well-to-do, Catholic family had run the tavern The Red Halbert for several generations. "Leyden" redirects here For other uses see Leyden (disambiguation. Like his even more famous contemporary Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) Jan Steen attended the Latin school in Leiden. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15 1606 &ndash October 4 1669 was a Dutch painter and etcher. Latin school was the grammar school of fourteenth to sixteenth century Europe He received his painterly education from Nicolaes Knupfer (1603-1660), a German painter of historical and figurative scenes in Utrecht. Utrecht ( city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. Influences of Knupfer can be found in Steen's use of composition and colour. Another source of inspiration was Adriaen van Ostade (1610 - 1685), painter of rural scenes, who lived in Haarlem. Adriaen van Ostade (bapt Adriaen Hendricx 10 December 1610 – bur in the past usually Harlem in English is a city in the Netherlands. Whether Steen actually studied with Ostade is not known.
In 1648 Jan Steen joined the painters' Guild of Saint Luke at Leiden, but soon after became an assistant to the renowned landscape painter Jan van Goyen (1596-1656) and moved into his house on the Bierkade in The Hague. The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city Guild for painters and other artists in Early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries Jan Josephszoon van Goyen ( January 13, 1596, Leiden - April 27, 1656, The Hague) was a Dutch landscape painter On Oct 3, 1649 he married van Goyen's daughter Margriet, with whom he had eight children. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Steen worked with his father-in-law until 1654, when he moved to Delft, where he ran brewery De Roscam (The Curry Comb) without much success. Delft is a city and Municipality in the province of South Holland (Zuid-Holland the Netherlands. He lived in Warmond from 1656 till 1660 and in Haarlem from 1660 till 1670 in which period he was especially productive. Warmond is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands, north of Leiden in the province of South Holland. in the past usually Harlem in English is a city in the Netherlands. In 1670, after the death of his wife in 1669 and his father in 1670, Steen moved back to Leiden, where he stayed the rest of his life. In April 1673 he married again, with Maria van Egmont, who gave him another child. In 1674 he became president of the Sint Lucas Guild. He died in Leiden in 1679 and was interred in a family grave in the Pieterskerk.
Works
Daily life was Jan Steen's main pictorial theme. Many of the genre scenes he portrayed are lively to the point of chaos and lustfulness, even so much that a Jan Steen household, meaning a messy scene, became a Dutch proverb (een huishouden van Jan Steen). Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life Subtle hints in his paintings seem to suggest that Steen meant to warn the viewer rather than invite him/her to copy this behaviour. Many of Steen's paintings bear references to old Dutch proverbs or literature. He often used members of his family as models. Jan Steen painted also quite a few self-portraits, in which he showed no tendency of vanity.
Steen did not shy from other themes: he painted historical, mythological and religious scenes, portraits, still lifes and natural scenes. This article is about Still Life (or still lifes as plural the art form His portraits of children are famous. He is also well known for his mastery of light and attention to detail, most notably in textiles. Steen was prolific, producing about 800 paintings, of which roughly 350 survive.
Steen's work was valued much by contemporaries and as a result he was reasonably well paid for his work. He did not have any students, but his work proved a source of inspiration for many painters.
See also
- The Feast of Saint Nicholas
- The Marriage Contract of Tobias and Sarah
External links
The Feast of Saint Nicholas (Dutch Het Sint Nicolaasfeest, c 1665 – 1668) is a painting by Dutch master JanDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic