Very few Flemish artists were so influential to Dutch Golden Age painters as this enigmatic character in art history. Adriaen Brouwer (1605-1638) was most likely born in Oudenaarde, a relatively small city in the East Flanders province of modern-day Belgium. The city he was born in features his statue on one of the picturesque roads. …
Flemish Artists
When we refer to Flemish art, we are talking about artists born in the County of Flanders, a region of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands who flourished during the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries. The Flemish artists (not to be confused with Belgian artists) referred to as Early Netherlandish painters or “Flemish Primitives” …