Anthony van Dyck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anthony van Dyck

Flemish Baroque artist

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1599

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1641

Profession: translator, author, dramaturge, painter, theater director, etcher

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Anthony van Dyck

  • Sir Anthony van Dyck (Dutch pronunciation: [v?n 'd?i?k], many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy Antwerp silk merchant, Anthony was precocious as a youth and painted from an early age.
  • In his late teens he was already enjoying success as an independent painter, becoming a master in the Antwerp guild in 1618.
  • By this time he was working in the studio of the leading northern painter of the day, Peter Paul Rubens, who became a major influence on his work.
  • Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders for a brief time, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627, mostly based in Genoa.
  • In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired Iconography series of portrait etchings, mostly of other artists.
  • He spent five years after his return from Italy in Flanders, and from 1630 was court painter for the archduchess Isabella, Habsburg Governor of Flanders.
  • In 1632 he returned to London to be the main court painter, at the request of Charles I of England. With the exception of Holbein, van Dyck and his contemporary Diego Velázquez were the first painters of pre-eminent talent to work mainly as court portraitists, revolutionising the genre.
  • He is best known for his portraits of European aristocracy, most notably Charles I and his family and associates.
  • Van Dyck became the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years.
  • He also painted mythological and biblical subjects, including altarpieces, displayed outstanding facility as a draughtsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching.
  • His superb brushwork, apparently rather quickly painted, can usually be distinguished from the large areas painted by his many assistants.
  • His portrait style changed considerably between the different countries he worked in, culminating in the relaxed elegance of his last English period.
  • His influence extends into the modern period.
  • The Van Dyke beard is named after him.
  • During his lifetime, Charles I granted him a knighthood, and he was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, an indication of his standing at the time of his death.

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