Harmen steenwijck biography

Harmen Steenwijck or Harmen Steenwyck (c.
Harmen Steenwyck became one of the best still life painters of his time, specializing in the genre of vanitas still life painting.
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Harmen Steenwijck- Introduction

Harmen Steenwijck, a 17th-century Dutch still-life painter, gained renown for his precise attention to detail and masterful depiction of light and texture. His works primarily focused on sumptuous compositions, meticulously arranging objects that often conveyed luxury, symbolism, and vanitas themes. Steenwijck’s art captivated audiences with its intricate beauty and symbolic depth.

Harmen Steenwijck – Biography

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This artist is a/an Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes, notably of fruit, and the full name of this artist is Harmen Steenwijck, the date of birth of this artist is 5/30/1904. Harmen Steenwijck is the artist of Vanitas art movement. And the lifespan of this artist is 1612 – after 1656.

The nationality of this artist is Dutch, but the paintings of this art style are associated with other art movements such as- Minimalism, Fauvism, and Post impressionism.

Harmen Steenwijck is famous for/as– Dutch Golden Age painter (). This artist is counted as an important contributor. Some

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Harmen van Steenwijck

Harmen (van) Steenwijck was born in Delft in 1612, the son of the spectacle and lens maker Evert Harmensz. His father came from Steenwijck (Overijssel) and had settled in in Delft only a year before the birth of his oldest son. In 1628 Harmen began studying with his uncle, the Leiden still life painter David Bailly. His younger brother Pieter followed him to Leiden only a few years later, and also specialised in still life painting. After completing his training, on 16 or 18 November 1636 Harmen joined the Guild of St Luke in his home town, Delft. In the following year he also became a member of the citizens' militia. Around 1654 he set out on a voyage to East India, present-day Indonesia, but returned to Delft only a year later. There he is last documented on 6 January 1656.

Steenwijck painted mainly still lifes with fruit and game, but also a few vanitas compositions. To his market scenes and interiors with objects arranged in the manner of a still life, he generally added a figure.

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Harmen Steenwijck

Dutch painter

Harmen Steenwijck or Harmen Steenwyck (c. 1612 – after 1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who specialised in still life painting, especially in the style of Dutch vanitas.

Early life

Steenwyck was born in Delft, c. 1612. He was the brother of Pieter Steenwijck, also a still-life painter.^[1] His father was Evert Hamenz who was an eyeglass maker. In 1628 he moved to Leiden to live and study with his uncle.^[2] He and his brother were taught to paint by their uncle David Bailly in Leiden. Baily is credited with inventing the vanitas genre and he influenced Steenwyck to paint in the vanitas genre.^[1] The exact dates of his paintings are not known because he did not date his paintings.^[2]

Career

Harmen became active as a painter in Leiden between 1628 and 1633. Not much is known about his life but it was in Leiden that he began to paint in the vanitas genre. His formula for his paintings was to stage objects in a diagonal or triangle arrangement on a table.^[2]

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