Barend van Someren
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Barend van Someren was a Dutch Golden Age
painter.
after he returned from Italy. He was a good painter who arranged his subjects well. He was the brother of Paul van Somer I
.
According to Houbraken he was the van Zomeren who took in Adriaen Brouwer
after he fled Frans Hals
' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam. His son was the painter Hendrick van Someren
.
According to the RKD he was the pupil of Aert Mijtens in Rome and married his daughter Leonora Mijtens. His pupils were his son Hendrick, Daniël van den Bremden, and Willem Cornelisz Duyster
. He is known for historical allegories and landscapes.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter.
Biography
According to Karel van Mander, he married and brought back the daughter of Aert MijtensAert Mijtens
Aert Mijtens , was a Flemish Renaissance painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he travelled to Rome where he was called Renaldo and became a friend of the painter Hans Speckaert...
after he returned from Italy. He was a good painter who arranged his subjects well. He was the brother of Paul van Somer I
Paul van Somer I
Paul van Somer , also known as Paulus van Somer, was a Flemish artist who arrived in England from Antwerp during the reign of King James I of England and became one of the leading painters of the royal court...
.
According to Houbraken he was the van Zomeren who took in Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.-Biography:...
after he fled Frans Hals
Frans Hals
Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...
' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam. His son was the painter Hendrick van Someren
Hendrick van Someren
Hendrick van Someren, or Somer , was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was the son of the "van Zomeren" who took in the young Adriaen Brouwer after he fled Frans Hals' workshop to try his luck in Amsterdam...
.
According to the RKD he was the pupil of Aert Mijtens in Rome and married his daughter Leonora Mijtens. His pupils were his son Hendrick, Daniël van den Bremden, and Willem Cornelisz Duyster
Willem Cornelisz Duyster
Willem Cornelisz Duyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Amsterdam.-Biography:According to the RKD, his name was taken from his house on the Amsterdam Koningstraat, which was called "De Duystere Werelt", the dim world. He was a pupil of Pieter Codde...
. He is known for historical allegories and landscapes.