Joos van Craesbeeck
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| - | ''''''Joos van Craesbeeck'''''' (''c''. 1605/06– ''c''. 1660) was a [[Flemish painter]] who specialized in tavern interiors, [[tronie]]s, and other works similar to his teacher [[Adriaen Brouwer]]. Born in Neerlinter ([[Flemish Brabant]]), he became a master in Antwerp's [[guild of St. Luke]] in 1633–1634, and like his contemporaries [[David Teniers the Elder]] and [[David Rijckaert III]] he developed rustic [[genre painting|genre scenes]]. He subsequently moved to [[Brussels]], where he joined that city's painters' guild in 1651. | + | '''''Joos van Craesbeeck''''' (''c''. 1605/06– ''c''. 1660) was a [[Flemish painter]] who specialized in tavern interiors, [[tronie]]s, and other works similar to his teacher [[Adriaen Brouwer]]. Born in Neerlinter ([[Flemish Brabant]]), he became a master in Antwerp's [[guild of St. Luke]] in 1633–1634, and like his contemporaries [[David Teniers the Elder]] and [[David Rijckaert III]] he developed rustic [[genre painting|genre scenes]]. He subsequently moved to [[Brussels]], where he joined that city's painters' guild in 1651. |
| Paintings such as ''Death is Violent and Fast'' are typical of his small, theatrical images of [[peasant]]s brawling crowded with violent expressive figures. Unlike Teniers, whose style became more elegant, Craesbeeck continued to paint bawdy figures later in his career. | Paintings such as ''Death is Violent and Fast'' are typical of his small, theatrical images of [[peasant]]s brawling crowded with violent expressive figures. Unlike Teniers, whose style became more elegant, Craesbeeck continued to paint bawdy figures later in his career. | ||
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Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06– c. 1660) was a Flemish painter who specialized in tavern interiors, tronies, and other works similar to his teacher Adriaen Brouwer. Born in Neerlinter (Flemish Brabant), he became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1633–1634, and like his contemporaries David Teniers the Elder and David Rijckaert III he developed rustic genre scenes. He subsequently moved to Brussels, where he joined that city's painters' guild in 1651.
Paintings such as Death is Violent and Fast are typical of his small, theatrical images of peasants brawling crowded with violent expressive figures. Unlike Teniers, whose style became more elegant, Craesbeeck continued to paint bawdy figures later in his career.
