100 Great Artists

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

PIETER DE HOOCH


1629

164 S(!)


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Rotunltrm, "'" if'
a bricH'Y"-muJ a
mith::ifi

Studi" in
Haarlnll untkr
B.,.rot71f and
Ocb"n.~1t

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and Iffm,"

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and 1<n'llfIt '"
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of a marUr [aim"
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AnfJuniam

AMus;",,1 p.~rty (1m)
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and binting at tb. d«lilU of 'b.IlJjIl"'" d""," inm tlU!&JY ",'wa'''ga''''
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<"'I''''''''CJl.h-<'rtltW)' rusnll"<:rS of Dutch
ani,ts (':1,,11: from th<: mcr-ch:.nt cbs:;es,
IBllilc o,her Eur<"C1n ""unrr;", ",hrn::
church .nd aristnc.-:>t)' ,..c", "ill tho: ",ai'.
I"tn'n<. T his meant Outrh I"intcts ",crt: he 'n
ch<-.,,,, an}' germ:: _ suth '" 1 ... ·tr1irun: ,. still ~k:


  • ~"thell""h'cs.
    Piete, de Ilo()"h'; best genre work "' .. s
    aca",~lli'hal " .. tlr in his ca ",,::r, in Delft ",hen:
    he IlK~ F>hritius (a pupil of Rembr.ntlt) and
    Vermeer. G il'en that Delft waS the
    ",anu&Cturing cent'" nfhigh qu:l.~tr len",s, it is
    likclr th. t all thn:" ",,,!c uSC of • t""hn<~ogr So


al",c"';endr to hand. l -""",<s 3SSocja",d ",ith
tho: Dutch sch()<~ _ nlwn liew; .nd dom",ti"
inte,iors _ gal'C sa'pe ~" ""periments in
IlCrSl",cri,,: and ''1,ruducing l'arious ,urf.c<:s.
"'pan fn'm the well_tried "',"""a """ura (set:
lug<: 198). then: w<"t" magnifying and ",luting
len«:s, .nd ",ilTorS, anr of which could be
...."pl,'),,,d in rend<"ting ",cD"",· hrickw" .. k, tilal
""utlj'1rds, and rdlccri()f)s in gbss ,. "', .... 1.
Iksidcs technical I" ofi"ien<y, dt: Hooch's
gift lar in his " ."nsitil'itr nl hu",an n:btinn,hil"
and eSI",,,i.llr, 'tho«: silent Ill<Hl'cntS
",hcn ... «Ultin.,s an: rriggt:n:d by ..• gCStun:, •
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