Jacob Van Ruisdael (1628-1682)
1628,1682One of the greatest landscape painters of the mid-17th century in Holland Jacob van Ruisdael is. He was born approximately in 1628 or 1629 in the city of Haarlem. In his youth, he studied medicine, but later decided to start painting. His first creation, he wrote in 1646-1647-ies. His teacher could be an uncle - the famous painter Salomon van Ruisdael.
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One of the greatest landscape painters of the mid-17th century in Holland Jacob van Ruisdael is. He was born approximately in 1628 or 1629 in the city of Haarlem. In his youth, he studied medicine, but later decided to start painting. His first creation, he wrote in 1646-1647-ies. His teacher could be an uncle - the famous painter Salomon van Ruisdael.
Since 1656 Ruisdael lives in Amsterdam. Here his work reaches its peak, there is created the famous "Swamp", dating back to 1660, the year and is now exhibited at the Hermitage.
Ruisdael paintings glorify the power and majesty of the primordial world. Every detail of the picture, whether it be a fallen trunk, branch wood, thin blade of grass - unusually tangible and convincing.
Warped, unnatural woven trees symbolize spontaneous formidable backwoods life. This contrasted with the quiet riot expanse of the swamp. It seems that the time it stopped. But this is only at first glance. Slowly, insidiously, relentlessly sucks bog heroic trunks.
The picturesque language of the artist is laconic and stingy. The main colors - olive, beige, dark green and fine shades of brown. Contrary to the modest size of the canvas, the work Ruisdael produce a monumental impression. For all landscape artist has a complex philosophical symbolic perception of nature.
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