Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 -- May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. He is well-known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In addition to running a large studio in Antwerp that produced paintings popular with nobility and art collectors throughout Europe, Rubens was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV, king of Spain, and Charles I, king of England.

Rubens was a prolific artist. His commissioned works were mostly religious subjects, "history" paintings, which included mythological subjects, and hunt scenes. He painted portraits, especially of friends, and self-portraits, and in later life painted several landscapes. Rubens designed tapestries and prints, as well as his own house. He also oversaw the ephemeral decorations of the Joyous Entry into Antwerp by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand in 1635.

His drawings are mostly extremely forceful but not detailed; he also made great use of oil sketches as preparatory studies. He was one of the last major artists to make consistent use of wooden panels as a support medium, even for very large works, but he used canvas as well, especially when the work needed to be sent a long distance. For altarpieces he sometimes painted on slate to reduce reflection problems.

Paintings can be divided into three categories: those painted by Rubens himself, those which he painted in part (mainly hands and faces), and those he only supervised. He had, as was usual at the time, a large workshop with many apprentices and students, some of whom, such as Anthony Van Dyck, became famous in their own right. He also often sub-contracted elements such as animals or still-life in large compositions to specialists such as Frans Snyders, or other artists such as Jacob Jordaens
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[palabraserrantes]

Maravilloso, Rubens y la escuela flamenca

Maravilloso trabajo.

Gracias

[keepthemusicplaying0]

Magnificent posting, Art sweetens our lives!

[wainscottbl]

@JeffersonDinedAlone Well said. I call it excrement, modern art.

[lanianj]

@thefreedomartist

I agree with you. The most overlooked part of Rubens are the oil sketches and drawings, simply brilliant pieces of art.

[lanianj]

@JeffersonDinedAlone

It's true he painted but these paintings are a product of Rubens' studio where he probably painted very little of it. He had Van Dyck and Jordeans, no slouches by any measure, as part of his studio.

The composition is the true genius of Rubens.

[JeffersonDinedAlone]

Rubens was a painter. I have no idea as to what the vast majority of so-called art is today. 

[MrJRGore]

What is the sound track?

[zw0ecool]

@thefreedomartist are you a painter?

[thefreedomartist]

@zw0ecool , I've heard that Rubens had a lot of assistants, for completing his incredible number of large commissions. Michelangelo probably used assistants as well. I don't feel this takes away at all from either artist's ability, as they certainly were the greatest of masters. Of interesting note are Rubens' drawings and oil sketches, created by his own hand, and used as reference for the final paintings. Of the two, I happen to prefer Rubens, but also have immense respect for Michelangelo.

[zw0ecool]

@thefreedomartist I read somewhere that Michael Angelo was more of a manager, and that his employees would help him paint and sculpt, so much of what we think he did on his own was actually the work of him and his employees.

[zw0ecool]

@IrisMG i value it....i think it is magnificent. I wish I could be a master painter one day.

[salvyy]

There's no life without art.