Dutch Painters | Guillermo Coll

20Aug 2025 by kike_K No Comments

Adriaen Coorte

Painting

The Dutch Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) is one of these refined, delicate painters who was unfairly forgotten and confined to anonymity. Intimate and honest, he painted constantly still-life, asparagus bunches, sea shells, fruit bowls of small, even tiny format. It is said that he worked onto old paper sheets from books of account, subsequently gluing these papers to some cardboard or some wood board. We realise Coorte was a modest artist, always true to himself.

Pieter Saenredam

Painting

The indoor and outdoor churches painted by the Dutch Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597-1665) unveil a certain amount of mystery and a refined special touch and that's the reason they have always been so much captivating over time and for so many painters like Vilhelm Hammershoi or Fernando Zobel. The Saenredam's churches are so different as there is no evident sign of faith, no “grandeur” at all. The characters almost never pray, they just walk along the aisle, visit the chapels, just as they were in a cabinet of curiosities. A touch of austere piety given by the use of colour so measured, so accurate, the rest is just architecture, space and light.

Gerrit Dou

Painting

To each his own style. The great Dutch master Gerrit Dou (1613-1675) was fond of the strictest order and cleanliness. He was capable of repeating an entire painting if a little dust or dirt was attached to the canvas. We know that only a few volunteers wanted to pose for such a perfectionist painter, the work sessions were endless and exhausting (the painting of a single hand could last a week). I have meet people like him. It is to Dou’s credit to have been the first pupil of an artist called Rembrandt. He also taught some outstanding painters such as Frans van Mieris and Gabriël Metsu. Within the Dutch school of painting, it seems difficult to find a painter who can compare to him, with his charm and quality.…

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