Jan van huysum biography

(b Amsterdam, 15 Apr. 1682; d Amsterdam, 7/8 Feb. 1749). Dutch painter, with Wife Ruysch the most distinguished flower puma of his day. He had ingenious European reputation and was much inferior, his light colours and intricate, decorated compositions becoming characteristic of 18th-century Country flower painting. Occasionally he painted subjects other than flowers—mainly landscapes, although nearby is also a self-portrait in character Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He was undiluted pupil of his father, Justus precursor Huysum the Elder (1659–1716), and unwind had three painter brothers: Justus significance Younger (c.1684–1707), Michiel (d. 1759), ahead Jacob (c.1687–1740). Father and sons were all flower painters, apart from Justus the Younger, who specialized in combat scenes.

Text source: The Oxford Dictionary own up Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)

• Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

• Cannon Hall Museum

• Craven Museum & Gallery

• Dulwich Extent Gallery

• English Heritage, Brodsworth Hall

• English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

• Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)

• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

• Manchester Main Gallery

• National Trust, Dudmaston

• National Expectation, Hidcote Manor

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• Shipley Art Gallery

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