Pieter Brueghel the Elder facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Painter and The Connoisseur, c. 1565 , possibly Bruegel's self-portrait
Born	Pieter Bruegel c. 1525–1530 Breda or nearby, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (modern-day Netherlands)
Died	9 September 1569(1569-09-09) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (modern-day Belgium)
Known for	Painting, printmaking
Notable work	The Hunters in the Snow, The Peasant Wedding, (composition of) Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Movement	Dutch and Flemish Renaissance

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c. 1558)

Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Dutch or Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker. He is known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel family. But he is the most famous of them and therefore in most of the cases when someone speaks of "Brueghel" he thinks of him. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.

Life

There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was the son of a peasant living in the village of Breughel.

Style

In Bruegel's later years he painted in a simpler style than the Italian art in his time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch.

Themes

Bruegel specialized in landscapes populated by peasants. He is often credited as being the first Western painter to paint landscapes for their own sake.

He showed the rituals of village life—including agriculture, hunts, meals, festivals, dances, and games. These show the folk culture of 16th century life.

Some of his Paintings

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  The Tower of Babel, 1563, oil on board

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  The Peasant Wedding, 1568, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples, 1560, Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome

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  The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

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  The "Little" Tower of Babel, c. 1563, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam

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  The Procession to Calvary, 1564, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  Massacre of the Innocents, c. 1565, versions Royal Collection, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, and London art market (2007)

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  Children's Games, 1560, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  The Land of Cockaigne/Land Of Milk And Honey, 1567, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

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  The Peasant Dance, 1568, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  The Beggars, 1568, Louvre, Paris

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  A detail of Children's Games (1560)

Images for kids

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  The Blind Leading the Blind, 1568

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  The Big Fish Eat the Little Fish, Bruegel's drawing for a print, 1556

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  The Procession to Calvary, 1564, Bruegel's second largest painting at 124 cm × 170 cm (49 in × 67 in)

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  Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, oil on oak wood

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  A detail of Children's Games, 1560

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  The Peasant Wedding, 1566–69, oil on panel. A late peasant subject, with a more monumental treatment.

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  Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1563, 37.1 × 55.6 cm (14.6 × 21.9 in), owned by Cardinal Granvelle

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  The Hunters in the Snow, 1565, oil on wood

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  Beekeepers, c. 1568

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  The Fight Between Carnival and Lent (1559) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  Children's Games (1560), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  The Tower of Babel (1563, large version), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, oil on panel

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  The Hay Harvest (1565), National Museum (Prague), Lobkowicz family collection in Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle

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  The Harvesters (1565), oil on panel, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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  The Land of Cockaigne (1567), Alte Pinakothek, an illustration of the medieval mythical land of plenty called Cockaigne

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  The Peasant and the Nest Robber (1568), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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  The Peasant Dance (1568), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, oil on oak panel

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  The Beggars (The Cripples) (1568), Louvre, Paris, oil on panel

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  A Pig Has to Go in a Sty (1557), Bruegel's earliest genre scene, private collection

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  The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

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  Dulle Griet (1563), Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

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  The Wedding Dance (c.1566), oil on oak panel, The Detroit Institute of Arts

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  The Census at Bethlehem (1566), oil on wood panel, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

See also

In Spanish: Pieter Brueghel el Viejo para niños