Peter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569), with his canvases of peasants in the fields and squares of Flanders, is was one of the world's great painters. Here Edward Snow undertakes a sustained meditation on a single Bruegel painting--the kaleidoscopic CHILDREN'S GAMES. This elegantly…
"The art Bruegel produced between 1559 and 1563 presents a rare opportunity to investigate a concentrated period of productivity by one of the world's greatest artists. In this brief period Bruegel produced some of his most original works-the first pictorial collection of contem…
Delphi complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, Pieter Bruegel the Elder produced innovative landscapes and vigorous, witty scenes of peasant life. He exerted a strong influence on painting in the Low Countries and through his sons Jan and Pieter, he founded a dynasty of …
Painters on painting
by De Francia, Peter, Daintrey, Adrian, Medley, Robert, Rosoman, Leonard, Weight, Carel
One of the most beloved of Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasants and proverbs. He is now less commonly recognized as the inventive and influential draftsman who brought a new naturalism to the renderi…
Bruegel's graphic work has recently been the subject of scholarship that has reevaluated the parameters of his oeuvre, assigning to other artists drawings formerly believed to be by his hand and adding some new sheets to the canon. The new Bruegel who has emerged from these stud…
"One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that he achieved widespread fame during the sixteenth century. His drawings and th…
