1. Paintings of Rembrandt for sale2. About The artist3. Analysis of Works of Rembrandt3.1 Rembrandt Night Watch 3.2 The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp 4. Biography of Rembrandt |
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About van rijn Rembrandt(b. July 15, 1606, Leiden, Neth.--d. Oct. 4, 1669, Amsterdam)
Also known as: Paul Rembrandt, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Paul Rembrandt Van Ryn...... | |||||||
The artist is teacher of
Gerrit Dou
(1613-1675) and
Nicolaes Maes
(1632-1693),
was one of the most important painter in 17th century’s Europe as
well as in the Holland history. In 1627, the 21-year-old Rembrandt
had already acquired the basic skills of oil painting, sketch and
etching, and his own style had been developed. He established a
painting studio in hometown, large amount of portraits by Rembrandt ware produced in this period. In 1631 he left Leiden for Amsterdam, and became the major portrait painters there. The genres of
painting by Rembrandt are so broad that portrait painting, landscape painting, genre painting, religious painting and historical painting on canvas are included. So, oil painting lovers are very interested in Rembrandt biography, and reproductions of Rembrandt paintings for sale in gallery are prevalent.
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Analysis of Art by Rembrandt
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Rembrandt Night Watch
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Rembrandt painting The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp Oil painting on canvas, 169.5X216.5cm. Finished in 1632, this painting The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp reveals that artist Rembrandt has surpassed the ordinary skill of portrait painting prevalent in Amsterdam at that time. Dr Nicolaes Tulp was a surgeon in Amsterdam. This group portrait of Dr Nicolaes Tulp and another seven surgeons made Rembrandt van rijn famous at once. The scene in The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp shows a strong contrast in the light and shade. Through a vivid portray of every figure, Rembrandt the artist achieved a combination of the originality and the tension of the frame. The Anatomy Lecture of Dr Nicolaes Tulp broke through the rigid form and pyramid composition of group portrait painting. The vivid depiction in the composition and expression of the figures highlighted the plot and made the Rembrandt portraits as meaningful as genre painting. | |||||||
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Rembrandt portrait, landscape and narrative painting are the primary subjects in the career of the artist, he use skill in representing emotions and attention to detail to explain biblical stories. The surface of paintings by Rembrandt is smooth in early periods, but later become rough treatment of richly variegated surfaces.
During Leiden period works of Rembrandt were rather small and in details, painter Rembrandt's most favored are related to Religious and allegorical themes including Rembrandt Jesus. In his commercial studio Rembrandt van rijn completed some famous paintings such as Judas Repentant, Returning the Pieces of Silver in 1629, in these art Rembrandt shows the artist's interest in the handling of light and paint application, these features constitute the first major progress of the artist Rembrandt. From 1632 to 1636 Rembrandt painter began to paint dramatic biblical and mythological scenes, so we see Rembrandt Christ The Storm on the Sea of Galilee in high contrast and of large format, other paintings of Rembrandt in this periods are The Blinding of Samson, Belshazzar's Feast, and Rembrandt Danaë 1636 when he was in Amsterdam. After Rembrandt Nightwatch, his paintings varied greatly in size, subject, and style. The artist preferred to the more expressive use of brushwork, need indicate the subject of Venetian art. A marked decrease in Works by Rembrandt were in favor of etchings and drawings of Dutch rural scenes. In painting by Rembrandt natural drama eventually made way for quiet landscapes. The style of Rembrandt pastel and oil painting changed again in the 1650s to richer colors and more pronounced brush strokes, which informed the surface of a painting by Rembrandt mimetic effects because that it may hearken to medieval procedures. Ninety odd paintings were self portraits Rembrandt, but some of them is part of their training when Rembrandt the painter had his students copy these self-portraits. These Rembrandt oil paintings trace the progress from his young to his old age in depiction of the troubled but massively powerful portraits. In Rembrandt drawings and self-portraits, he angles the sitter's face in the ridge of the nose nearly that always forming the line of demarcation between brightly illuminated and shadowy areas. Chiaroscuro was used in Rembrandt artwork as adapted for personal means, it's more prominent characteristics to achieve similar theatrical employment of light and shadow with Caravaggio. His dramatic and lively presentation of subjects of paintings are notable and devoid of the rigid formality. |
Rembrandt BiographyRijn van Rembrandt attended Latin school when he was a boy and later was enrolled at the University of Leiden, he had a greater inclination towards painting. Rembrandt was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter for three years. Rembrandt van rijn opened a studio with Jan Lievens together in Leiden after six months' apprenticeship with the famous painter Pieter Lastman in 1624. After 3 years Gerrit Dou became the student of artist Rembrandt. The painter rapidly expanded his business in the capital of the Netherlands in 1631 and began to practice successfully as a professional portraitist for the first time. Rembrandt van rijn bought many art, prints, and rarities, he even took part in bidding up his own artwork. To avoid his bankruptcy in 1656 a court arrangement judged selling most of Rembrandt paintings and large collection of antiquities. Rembrandt was buried in an unmarked grave after died on October 4, 1669. |