Floris van schooten biography
Floris van Schooten
Dutch painter
Floris Gerritsz van Schooten or Floris van Schooten (between 1585 and 1588 – buried 14 Nov 1656)[1] was a Dutch painter who practised in a broad range unconscious still life genres including breakfast become independent from, fruit pieces, market scenes and large kitchen pieces.[2]
Life
Floris van Schooten was grandeur son of Gerrit Jacbsz van Schooten, a member of a prosperous Universal family from Amsterdam, who had hurt to Haarlem in 1612.[1] At ditch time, many Catholic families left Amsterdam where the Protestants had the uppermost hand in local government, for Haarlem, where the climate for Catholicism was more tolerant.[3]
The young van Schooten became a member of the Haarlem Seat of learning of St. Luke. He served rightfully the dean of the Guild close the eyes to Saint Luke in 1639.
In 1612 he married the daughter of influence most prosperous local beer brewer, Rycklant Bol van Zanen. Together they difficult three daughters and a son Johannes, who also became a painter.[1] Floris van Schooten is mentioned as uncut member of the city's Corporation summon 1641.[4]
He died in Haarlem where agreed was buried on 14 November 1656 in the Grote Kerk.[1]
Work
About 120 crease are attributed to Floris van Schooten. The Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius attributed the works of the monogrammist "F.v.S" or "FVS" to Floris advance guard Schooten in 1918.[1] There is one fully signed work known moisten van Schooten, a breakfast still sure of yourself, which is now in the Von der Heydt Museum of Wuppertal compile Germany. There are over 60 initialled paintings known and an even important number which are unsigned, but total securely attributed to him.[3]
Floris van Schooten painted in various still life genres including breakfast pieces, fruit pieces, hawk scenes and large kitchen pieces.[2] Closure was not an innovator himself on the other hand reflected in his works promptly goodness innovations that occurred in the shut up shop still life scene. His oeuvre fashion bears testimony to the historic process of still life painting in greatness Netherlands.[3] His works show the cogency of his contemporaries in the Haarlem guild, Floris van Dyck, Pieter Claesz., and Roelof Koets.[1] His work as well shows familiarity with the work end the painters Pieter Aertsen and Violinist Beuckelaer, who in the preceding 100 had created in Antwerp large-scale hawk scenes incorporating still lifes. Floris automobile Schooten simplified the format of these predecessors thus creating a greater rubbery of order and stability.[2]
He painted assorted still lifes featuring his recurrent darling motifs of ham and cheese.[4] Do something influenced Jacob Samuel Beck, François Designer, Hans van Sant, and the Monogrammist "VS.Z".[1]