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 The Operation fdg oil


The Operation fdg
Painting ID::  5438 		The Operation fdg
Oil on panel, 31,4 x 39,6 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil_on_panel,_31,4_x_39,6_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen Seated Drinkers cf oil


Seated Drinkers cf
Painting ID::  5439 		Seated Drinkers cf
Oil on oak, 25,5 x 21 cm Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen Smoking Men ff oil


Smoking Men ff
Painting ID::  5440 		Smoking Men ff
c. 1637 Oil on wood, 46 x 36,5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen In the Tavern fd oil


In the Tavern fd
Painting ID::  5441 		In the Tavern fd
Oil on wood, 36 x 27 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil_on_wood,_36_x_27_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
BROUWER, Adriaen Peasants Smoking and Drinking f oil


Peasants Smoking and Drinking f
Painting ID::  5442 		Peasants Smoking and Drinking f
c. 1635 Oil on panel, 35 x 26 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
c._1635 Oil_on_panel,_35_x_26_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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