Ambrosius Bosschaert?

Question

Can someone explain the artist Ambrosius Bosschaert's style?

Answer 1

Ambrosius Bosschaert is a Dutch painter who was born in 1573 in Antwerp and died in 1621 in Middleburg.

To understand his style you have to learn about still life painting in the Netherlands in the XVIIth century. And in particular about flower painting.

He is a well known master of this genre, and his work is important because it stands at the beginning of still life painting in the 17th century ( read more on him at

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht... )

You can learn a lot on his style by following these links:

The first one

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn...

takes you to a really good article on the flower genre, where his work is considered in detail.

The second one is a short by good biography on him.

http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artM...

to help you frame his work in his own time.

Have fun and good luck with your research!