1636 in art
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- Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
- The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus (decoration of Cardinal Richelieu's château) (16351635 in art-Events:*Nicolas Poussin produces The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus to decorate Cardinal Richelieu's château.-Paintings:*Gerard ter Borch – Consultation* Abraham Bosse – Der Ball ...
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- Belshazzar's Feast (16351635 in art-Events:*Nicolas Poussin produces The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus to decorate Cardinal Richelieu's château.-Paintings:*Gerard ter Borch – Consultation* Abraham Bosse – Der Ball ...
-36). - The Blinding of Samson (using chiaroscuroChiaroscuroChiaroscuro in art is "an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted"....
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- Belshazzar's Feast (1635
- Peter Paul Rubens - An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het SteenHet SteenHet Steen is medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. Built after the Viking incursions in the early Middle Ages as the first stone fortress of Antwerp, Het Steen is Antwerp's oldest building and used to be its oldest urban centre.Previously known...
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Births
- November - Adriaen van de Velde, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
animal and landscape painter (d. 16721672 in art-Paintings: *Kanō Tanyū – 春景図 -Births:*October 18 – Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli, Italian painter *date unknown**Alberto Carlieri – Italian painter of the late-Baroque period...
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- Giovanni Battista BeinaschiGiovanni Battista BeinaschiGiovanni Battista Beinaschi was an Italian painter and engraver active in the late-Renaissance period. He was born in Turin. He first trained in the Piedmont, under a painter by the name of Spirito, then was the main pupil of Pietro dal Po in Rome. In Naples, he painted several ceilings and frescoes...
, Italian painter and engraver active in the late-RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period (d. 16881688 in art-Paintings:*René-Antoine Houasse - Minerva teaching the Rhodians sculpture *Willem van de Velde the Younger - The Fleet at Sea-Births:*April 15 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes, of the Baroque...
) - Giovanni ColiGiovanni ColiGiovanni Coli was an Italian painter from Lucca, active in the Baroque style.He trained with Pietro Paolini in Lucca and then moved to Rome to work under Pietro da Cortona. He often worked alongside Filippo Gherardi. With Coli, Gherardi was initially a trainee of Pietro Paolini in Lucca...
, Italian painter from LuccaLuccaLucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
(d. 16911691 in art-Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys the Metrological Relief, now on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.-Births:*January 16 - Peter Scheemakers, Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor *June 2 - Nicolau Nasoni, artist and architect -Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys...
) - Filippo Maria GallettiFilippo Maria GallettiFilippo Maria Galletti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Tuscany, Parma, and Liguria. He was a pupil of the painter Ciro Ferri and Pietro Dandini...
, Italian painter of religious works and a Theatine priest (d. 17141714 in art-Births:*January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor *August 1 - Richard Wilson, landscape painter *August 14 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter...
) - Antoine MassonAntoine MassonAntoine Masson was a French line engraver, born at Louvry, near Orléans.He learned engraving as an armorer's apprentice and had no other teaching...
, FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
line engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
(d. 17001700 in art-Events:* Luca Giordano returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of Spain.* Pierre Le Gros the Younger is elected to the Accademia di San Luca.-Births:...
) - Agostino LammaAgostino LammaAgostino Lamma was an Italian painter, active in Venice and specializing in battle paintings. He was trained under Antonio Calza, and his Siege of Vienna by the Turks, painted in the style of Mattias Stom. He died in Venice.-References:...
, Italian painter specializing in battle paintings (d. 17001700 in art-Events:* Luca Giordano returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of Spain.* Pierre Le Gros the Younger is elected to the Accademia di San Luca.-Births:...
) - Tommaso MisciroliTommaso MisciroliTommaso Misciroli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Also called il Pittor Villano or the Peasant Painter. Born in Faenza. He studied the work of Guido Reni. In Faenza, he painted a Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia for the church of namesake in Faenza.-References:...
, Italian painter from FaenzaFaenzaFaenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna.Faenza is noted for its manufacture of majolica ware glazed earthenware pottery, known from the name of the town as "faience"....
(d. 16991699 in art-Births:*March 26 – Hubert-François Gravelot, French illustrator * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter * Giuseppe Grisoni, painter * Ivan Vishnyakov, Russian painter...
) - Giovanni Maria VianiGiovanni Maria VianiGiovanni Maria Viani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna.Along with Lorenzo Pasinelli, he trained under Flaminio Torre. Among Giovanni's pupils was his son, Domenico , and Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi. He directed a school at Bologna rivaling that of Carlo Cignani...
, Italian painter and etcher (d. 17001700 in art-Events:* Luca Giordano returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of Spain.* Pierre Le Gros the Younger is elected to the Accademia di San Luca.-Births:...
) - Zou ZheZou ZheZou Zhe , a native Wuxian, Jiangsu Province, was a noted Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.Zou was born in Wuxi in the JiangSu province. His style name was 'Fanglu' Zou Zhe , a native Wuxian, Jiangsu Province, was a noted Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.Zou was born in Wuxi in the...
, Chinese painter of the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
(d. 17081708 in art-Events:*Flemish painter and engraver Pieter Casteels III comes to work in Britain.*Sculptor Ferdinand Brokoff sets up his own studio.-Publications:*Roger de Piles - Cours de peinture par principes avec un balance de peintres-Births:...
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- Giovanni Battista Beinaschi
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- Gerrit BattemGerrit BattemGerrit Battem or Gerard van Battum was a superior Dutch landscape painter.-Biography:Houbraken mentions drawings by Battem in the house of his patron Jonas van Witsen of Amsterdam, who bought them for 1300 guilders along with colored drawings by Adriaen van Ostade in the 1670'sAccording to the...
, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
landscape painter (d. 16841684 in art-Births:*January 14 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter *October 10 - Antoine Watteau, French painter **Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna...
) - Jacob GilligJacob GilligJacob Gillig was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes, usually of fish. Although he produced several portraits, it is for painting fish that he is best known....
, Dutch Golden Age painterDutch Golden Age paintingDutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe, and led European trade,...
of still lifes, usually of fish, as well as portraits (d. 17011701 in art-Events:*Peter Strudel becomes Reichsfreiherr and is appointed the director of the landscape academy in Vienna.-Paintings:*Giuseppe Maria Crespi - The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret*Sir Godfrey Kneller - William III on Horseback...
) - Melchior d'HondecoeterMelchior d'HondecoeterMelchior d'Hondecoeter , Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes...
, Dutch painter of exotic birds in a park-like landscape (d. 16951695 in art-Paintings:* Mei Qing paints Two Immortals on Huangshan-Births:* Miguel Cabrera – Indigenous Zapotec painter, * Laurent Delvaux – French sculptor * Elias Gottlob Haussmann – German painter in the late Baroque era...
) - Francesco VaccaroFrancesco VaccaroFrancesco Vaccaro or Vicaro was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period, who trained in his native Bologna under Francesco Albani. He was chiefly known as a painter, from his landscape...
, Italian painter of landscapeLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
s and engraver (d. 16751675 in art-Births:*April 29 – Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian decorative and mural painter from Venice *June 23 – Louis de Silvestre, French painter *October 7 = Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo painter especially of portrait miniatures...
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- Gerrit Battem
Deaths
- January 19 - Marcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts was an artist of the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and Van Dyck" He was brought to England as a child by his father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, also a painter...
, Artist of the Tudor court, portraitist (b. 1561/15621561 in art-Births:* Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter * Antonio Mohedano – Spanish painter of the Renaissance period * Tobias Verhaecht – Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp...
) - January 22 - Gregorio FernándezGregorio FernándezGregorio Fernández was a Spanish Baroque sculptor. He belongs to the Castilian school of sculpture, following the style of other great artists like Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeyo Leoni and Juan de Arfe.-Biography:...
, SpanishSpanish peopleThe Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
sculptor CastilianKingdom of CastileKingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It emerged as a political autonomous entity in the 9th century. It was called County of Castile and was held in vassalage from the Kingdom of León. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region...
school of sculpture (born 15761576 in art-Births:* Scipione Borghese, Italian art collector * Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor * Roelant Savery, Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age * David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin...
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- October 10 – Pieter Brueghel the YoungerPieter Brueghel the YoungerPieter Brueghel the Younger /ˈpitəɾ ˈbɾøːxəl/ was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Brueghel the Elder's paintings and nicknamed "Hell Brueghel" for his fantastic treatments of fire and grotesque imagery.-Life:Pieter Brueghel the Younger was the oldest son of the...
, painter (born 15641564 in art-Births:* Pieter Brueghel the Younger – Flemish Renaissance painter * Vincenzo Giustiniani – art collector, patron of Caravaggio * Joseph Heintz the Elder – Swiss painter, draftsman and architect...
) - December 6 - Giovanni da San GiovanniGiovanni da San GiovanniGiovanni da San Giovanni , also known as Giovanni Mannozzi, was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period.-Biography:...
, Italian painter (born 15921592 in art-Works:*Giuseppe Cesari – Cappella Olgiati in Santa Prassede*Tintoretto begins work on the Last Supper fresco *Caravaggio paints Boy Peeling Fruit-Births:...
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- Giovanni Battista BilloniGiovanni Battista BilloniGiambattista Billoni was an Italian painter. He was born in Padua. He is chiefly known for his portraits.-References:...
, Italian painter born in PaduaPaduaPadua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
(born 15761576 in art-Births:* Scipione Borghese, Italian art collector * Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor * Roelant Savery, Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age * David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin...
) - Pietro Paolo BonziPietro Paolo BonziPietro Paolo Bonzi also known as il Gobbo dei Carracci or il Gobbo dei Frutti , was an Italian painter, best known for his landscapes and still-lifes....
, Italian painter, best known for his landscapes and still-lifes (born 15761576 in art-Births:* Scipione Borghese, Italian art collector * Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor * Roelant Savery, Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age * David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin...
) - Lambert JacobszLambert JacobszLambert Jacobsz, also Lambert Jacobsz. or Lambert Jacobszoon , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and preacher.Jacobsz was born in Amsterdam. He was the father of Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, and primarily painted figures. He was also active in his local Mennonite community...
, Dutch painter (b. 15981598 in art-Events:*Marin le Bourgeoys is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of France. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes....
) - Dong QichangDong QichangDong Qichang , courtesy name Xuanzai , was a Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist of the later period of the Ming Dynasty.-Painter:...
, Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist of the later period of the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(b. 15551555 in art-Events:* Villa Giulia is completed, which now houses the National Etruscan Museum's collection of Etruscan art and artifacts-Paintings:* c. 1555-1560 – Illuminated tugra of Sultan Suleyman, from Istambul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.-Births:* April...
) - Giovanni Giacomo PandolfiGiovanni Giacomo PandolfiGiovanni Giacomo Pandolfi was an Italian painter, who was born and lived in Pesaro. He studied with Federico and Taddeo Zuccari, but was strongly influenced by another artist, Federico Barocci...
, Italian painter who worked in his native PesaroPesaroPesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....
(b. 15671567 in art-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder paints The Adoration of the Magi.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder finishes painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giorgio Vasari, Self-portrait-Births:...
) - Nicola RoccatagliataNicola RoccatagliataNiccolò or Nicola Roccatagliata was an Italian sculptor, mainly active in Venice.Born in Genoa, he is mainly remembered for his work in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice including bronze statuettes of St George and St Stephen , as well as twenty-eight sconces in the form of putti, and...
, Italian sculptor (b. 15931593 in art-Paintings: *Caravaggio – Boy with a Basket of Fruit-Births:*March 13 - Georges de La Tour, painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France *May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish Baroque painter from the Antwerp school of painting...
) - Filippo ZanibertiFilippo ZanibertiFilippo Zaniberti was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist period. He was born in Brescia and active in Venice, where he became a pupil of Santo Peranda. Zaniberti's style recalls the richeness of Paolo Veronese. He painted a Mannah in the desert for the main altarpiece of the church of Santa...
, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 15851585 in art-Events:*Approximate start date of Flemish Baroque painting.*The Eclectic Academy of painting, also called the Accademia degli Incamminati, is founded in Bologna by Ludovico Carracci and others....
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- Giovanni Battista Billoni