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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Painter and the Buyer, 1565 - Google Art Project.jpg
The Painter and The Connoisseur, c. 1565 , possibly Bruegel's self-portrait
Born
Pieter Bruegel

c. 1525–1530
Breda or nearby, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands
(modern-day Netherlands)
Died (1569-09-09)9 September 1569
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands
(modern-day Belgium)
Known for Painting, printmaking
Notable work
 The Hunters in the Snow, The Peasant Wedding, (composition of) Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Movement Dutch and Flemish Renaissance
Bruegel, Pieter de Oude - De val van icarus - hi res
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c. 1558)

Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Dutch or Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker. He is known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel family. But he is the most famous of them and therefore in most of the cases when someone speaks of "Brueghel" he thinks of him. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.

Life

There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was the son of a peasant living in the village of Breughel.

Style

In Bruegel's later years he painted in a simpler style than the Italian art in his time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch.

Themes

Bruegel specialized in landscapes populated by peasants. He is often credited as being the first Western painter to paint landscapes for their own sake.

He showed the rituals of village life—including agriculture, hunts, meals, festivals, dances, and games. These show the folk culture of 16th century life.

Some of his Paintings

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) - Google Art Project - edited

    The Tower of Babel, 1563, oil on board

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Peasant Wedding - Google Art Project

    The Peasant Wedding, 1568, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 031

    Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples, 1560, Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Fall of the Rebel Angels - Google Art Project

    The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

  • Bruegel d. Ä., Pieter - Tower of Babel - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam

    The "Little" Tower of Babel, c. 1563, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 007

    The Procession to Calvary, 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 022

    Massacre of the Innocents, c. 1565, versions Royal Collection, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and London art market (2007)

  • Children

    Children's Games, 1560, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Land of Cockaigne

    The Land of Cockaigne/Land Of Milk And Honey, 1567, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 014

    The Peasant Dance, 1568, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

  • Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 024

    The Beggars, 1568, Louvre, Paris

  • Pieter brueghel the elder-children playing-detail

    A detail of Children's Games (1560)

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See also

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