Diego Velázquez, born in Seville on 6 June 1599, is still considered one of the most important portrait painters of his time. He worked mainly as a painter at the court of the Spanish King Philip IV, where he created his probably most famous work "Las Meninas" (The Royal Family).
Diego Velázquez was a student of Peter Paul Rubens. Later he was appointed curator of the Royal Art Collection in Madrid. His portraits convey an almost plastic expression through the precise brush work. Although Velázquez was a master in his field, he was plagued throughout his life by doubts about his art and life. He was considered a quiet and reserved man. He expressed this again and again in his paintings. They are paintings full of silence, order, symbolism and mysticism. The figures in his works sometimes seem stiff and wooden in their body language.
Life was not comprehensible for Diego Velázquez, he also doubted its eternity. But it was precisely out of this doubt that his later paintings became more experimental. Clear contours blurred, many works were created in an inspirational way while painting, were no longer laboriously designed and prepared. It was precisely this style that influenced many later painters such as Francisco de Goya or the impressionist Édouard Manet. The symbolism of his works opened up many possibilities of interpretation and interpretation for scientists. Diego Velázquez died on 6 August 1660 in Madrid. © Meisterdrucke
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Diego Velázquez, born in Seville on 6 June 1599, is still considered one of the most important portrait painters of his time. He worked mainly as a painter at the court of the Spanish King Philip IV, where he created his probably most famous work "Las Meninas" (The Royal Family).
Diego Velázquez was a student of Peter Paul Rubens. Later he was appointed curator of the Royal Art Collection in Madrid. His portraits convey an almost plastic expression through the precise brush work. Although Velázquez was a master in his field, he was plagued throughout his life by doubts about his art and life. He was considered a quiet and reserved man. He expressed this again and again in his paintings. They are paintings full of silence, order, symbolism and mysticism. The figures in his works sometimes seem stiff and wooden in their body language.
Life was not comprehensible for Diego Velázquez, he also doubted its eternity. But it was precisely out of this doubt that his later paintings became more experimental. Clear contours blurred, many works were created in an inspirational way while painting, were no longer laboriously designed and prepared. It was precisely this style that influenced many later painters such as Francisco de Goya or the impressionist Édouard Manet. The symbolism of his works opened up many possibilities of interpretation and interpretation for scientists. Diego Velázquez died on 6 August 1660 in Madrid. © Meisterdrucke
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