BROUWER, Adriaen

Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1605-1638 Adriaen Brouwer (1605, Oudenaarde - January 1638, Antwerp) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. At a young age Brouwer, probably born as Adriaen de Brauwer, moved perhaps via Antwerp to Haarlem, where he became a student of Frans Hals alongside Adriaen van Ostade. He also was active in stage acting and poetry. He stayed in Haarlem and Amsterdam until 1631, when he moved back to Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. There, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1631 ?C 1632, as well as the rhetoricians's chamber De Violieren. Tradition has it that Brouwer himself spent much time in the alehouses of Flanders and Holland. His works are typically detailed and small, and often adopt themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness in order to explore human emotions, expressions and responses to pain, fear and the senses. The Bitter Tonic (illustrated right) is an example of the type of work that depicts such responses, in this case the sense of taste. His work was well liked, to the point that forgeries were sold in his own time. Both Rubens and Rembrandt owned a number of his works. Nevertheless, Brouwer appeared in financial trouble throughout his life. He died at the early age of 32 in Antwerp, where he was first buried in a common grave, but, upon instigation of the members of the guild, was reburied on Feb 1, 1638 in the church of the Carmelites.
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BROUWER, Adriaen A Boor Asleep oil


A Boor Asleep
Painting ID::  5433 		A Boor Asleep
Oil on wood, 37 x 28 cm Wallace Collection, London
Oil_on_wood,_37_x_28_cm Wallace_Collection,_London
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen The Bitter Draught d oil


The Bitter Draught d
Painting ID::  5434 		The Bitter Draught d
c. 1635 Oil on wood Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen Brawling Peasants oil


Brawling Peasants
Painting ID::  5435 		Brawling Peasants
Oak, 26,5 x 34,5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oak,_26,5_x_34,5_cm Gemäldegalerie,_Dresden
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen The Card Players fd oil


The Card Players fd
Painting ID::  5436 		The Card Players fd
Oil on panel, 25 x 39 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen Peasants Fighting f oil


Peasants Fighting f
Painting ID::  5437 		Peasants Fighting f
1631-35 Oil on wood, 33 x 49 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
1631-35 Oil_on_wood,_33_x_49_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
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     Flemish Baroque Era Painter, ca.1605-1638 Adriaen Brouwer (1605, Oudenaarde - January 1638, Antwerp) was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. At a young age Brouwer, probably born as Adriaen de Brauwer, moved perhaps via Antwerp to Haarlem, where he became a student of Frans Hals alongside Adriaen van Ostade. He also was active in stage acting and poetry. He stayed in Haarlem and Amsterdam until 1631, when he moved back to Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. There, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1631 ?C 1632, as well as the rhetoricians's chamber De Violieren. Tradition has it that Brouwer himself spent much time in the alehouses of Flanders and Holland. His works are typically detailed and small, and often adopt themes of debauchery, drunkenness and foolishness in order to explore human emotions, expressions and responses to pain, fear and the senses. The Bitter Tonic (illustrated right) is an example of the type of work that depicts such responses, in this case the sense of taste. His work was well liked, to the point that forgeries were sold in his own time. Both Rubens and Rembrandt owned a number of his works. Nevertheless, Brouwer appeared in financial trouble throughout his life. He died at the early age of 32 in Antwerp, where he was first buried in a common grave, but, upon instigation of the members of the guild, was reburied on Feb 1, 1638 in the church of the Carmelites.

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