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ABEL GRIMMER
Abel Grimmer
(1570-c.1620) |
- Flemish old master Abel Grimmer was the son of landscape artist Jacob Grimmer.
- Art historian Giorgio Vasari considered Jacob one of the greatest landscape painters of his time.
- Grimmer was a Flemish late Renaissance painter, mainly of landscapes and, to a lesser extent, of architectural paintings.
- He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1592.
- Grimmer took over his father's workshop and he worked his whole career in Antwerp.
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He is principally known for his paintings in small format of country scenes, sometimes with a biblical theme
- The date of his death is not known exactly and is placed after 1620.
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A favourite theme of Abel Grimmer was the Tower of
Babel of which he produced several versions, clearly
inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's treatment of
the same subject. The subject is taken from the Book
of Genesis 11:1-9. This narrates the story of the
decision to build a city and a tower reaching into the
heavens.
(Wikipedia)
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Abel Grimmer
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