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'''Carel Pietersz Fabritius''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs |
'''Carel Pietersz. Fabritius''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijɵs}}; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] painter. He was a pupil of [[Rembrandt]] and worked in his studio in [[Amsterdam]]. Fabritius, who was a member of the [[Delft School (painting)|Delft School]], developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are ''[[A View of Delft]]'' (1652; National Gallery, London), ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654), and ''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'' (1654). |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Carel Pietersz. Fabritius was born in February 1622 in [[Middenbeemster]], a village in the ten-year |
Carel Pietersz. Fabritius was born in February 1622 in [[Middenbeemster]], a village in the ten-year-old [[Beemster]] [[polder]] in the [[Dutch Republic]], and was baptized on 27 February of that year.<ref name="rkdbio">{{in lang|nl}} [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/27138 Carel Fabritius], [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> He was the son of Pieter Carelsz., a painter and schoolteacher,{{cn|date=August 2014}} and he had two younger brothers [[Barent Fabritius|Barent]] and [[Johannes Fabritius|Johannes]], who also became painters.<ref name="rkdbio"/><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/27137 Barent Fabritius], [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/27141 Johannes Fabritius], [[Netherlands Institute for Art History]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
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Initially he worked as a carpenter (Latin: ''fabritius''). In the early 1640s he studied at Rembrandt's studio in [[Amsterdam]], along with his brother Barent. In the early 1650s he moved to [[Delft]], and joined the Delft [[Guild of Saint Luke|painters' guild]] in 1652. |
Initially he worked as a carpenter (Latin: ''fabritius''). In the early 1640s he studied at Rembrandt's studio in [[Amsterdam]], along with his brother Barent. In the early 1650s he moved to [[Delft]], and joined the Delft [[Guild of Saint Luke|painters' guild]] in 1652. |
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Fabritius died young, caught in the [[Delft#Delft Explosion|explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine]] on |
Fabritius died young, caught in the [[Delft#Delft Explosion|explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine]] on 12 October 1654, which destroyed a quarter of the city, along with his studio and many of his paintings. Only about a dozen paintings have survived.<ref name="houbraken"/> According to [[Arnold Houbraken|Houbraken]], his student Mattias Spoors and the church deacon Simon Decker died with him, since they were working on a painting together at the time.<ref name="houbraken">[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/houb005groo01_01/houb005groo01_01_0436.htm Karel Fabricius biography] in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by [[Arnold Houbraken]], courtesy of the [[Digital library for Dutch literature]]</ref> |
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In a poem written by Arnold Bon to his memory, he is called Karel Faber.<ref name="houbraken"/> |
In a poem written by Arnold Bon to his memory, he is called Karel Faber.<ref name="houbraken"/> |
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Fabritius was also interested in complex spatial effects, as can be seen in the exaggerated perspective of ''[[A View of Delft|A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall]]'' (1652). He also showed excellent control of a heavily loaded brush, as in ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654). All these qualities appear in the work of Delft's most famous painters, [[Johannes Vermeer|Vermeer]] and [[Pieter de Hooch|de Hooch]]; it is likely that Fabritius was a strong influence on them. |
Fabritius was also interested in complex spatial effects, as can be seen in the exaggerated perspective of ''[[A View of Delft|A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall]]'' (1652). He also showed excellent control of a heavily loaded brush, as in ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654). All these qualities appear in the work of Delft's most famous painters, [[Johannes Vermeer|Vermeer]] and [[Pieter de Hooch|de Hooch]]; it is likely that Fabritius was a strong influence on them. |
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Four of his paintings are in National collections in the United Kingdom.<ref name=bbc>{{YourPaintings|carel-fabritius|Carel Fabritius}}</ref> |
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File:Carel Fabritius 005.jpg|''[[Portrait of Abraham de Potter]]'' (1649) |
File:Carel Fabritius 005.jpg|''[[Portrait of Abraham de Potter]]'' (1649) |
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File:FabritiusViewOfDelft.jpg|''[[A View of Delft]]'' (1652) exploring an exaggerated perspective |
File:FabritiusViewOfDelft.jpg|''[[A View of Delft]]'' (1652) exploring an exaggerated, panoramic perspective |
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File:Fabritius-vink.jpg|''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654), showing Fabritius' use of cool colour harmonies, delicate lighting effects, and a light background |
File:Fabritius-vink.jpg|''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' (1654), showing Fabritius' use of cool colour harmonies, delicate lighting effects, and a light background |
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File:Carel Fabritius - De poort bewaker (1654).jpg|''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'' (1654) |
File:Carel Fabritius - De poort bewaker (1654).jpg|''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'' (1654) |
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* ca. 1640 ''The Beheading of John the Baptist'', oil on canvas, 149 x 121 cm, [[Rijksmuseum]] Amsterdam |
* ca. 1640 ''The Beheading of John the Baptist'', oil on canvas, 149 x 121 cm, [[Rijksmuseum]] Amsterdam |
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* 1643 ''The Raising of Lazarus'', oil on canvas, [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum]], [[Warsaw]] |
* 1643 ''The Raising of Lazarus'', oil on canvas, [[National Museum, Warsaw|National Museum]], [[Warsaw]] |
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* 1643 ''The Raising of Lazarus'', oil on canvas, [[Pushkin Museum]], [[Moscow]] |
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* 1643/45 ''Hagar and the Angel'', oil on canvas, 157.5 x 136 cm, [[The Leiden Collection]] New York |
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* c. 1644 ''[[Portrait of a Seated Woman with a Handkerchief]]'', [[Art Gallery of Ontario]], Toronto |
* c. 1644 ''[[Portrait of a Seated Woman with a Handkerchief]]'', [[Art Gallery of Ontario]], Toronto |
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* c. 1645 ''Self-portrait'', oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]], Rotterdam<ref>[http://collectie.boijmans.nl/en/collection/1205-%28ok%29 Self-portrait, Carel Fabritius, c. 1645], [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
* c. 1645 ''Self-portrait'', oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]], Rotterdam<ref>[http://collectie.boijmans.nl/en/collection/1205-%28ok%29 Self-portrait, Carel Fabritius, c. 1645], [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
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* 1645–47 '' Mercury and Aglauros'' oil on canvas, 72.4 x 91.1 cm, [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]] Boston |
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* 1646 ''Portrait of an old man'', oil on board, [[Louvre]] |
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* 1646–1651 ''A Girl with a Broom'', oil on canvas, 107.3 x 91.4 cm, signed as Rembrandt, [[National Gallery of Art]], Washington D.C<ref>[http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.81.html A Girl with a Broom], [[National Gallery of Art]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
* 1646–1651 ''A Girl with a Broom'', oil on canvas, 107.3 x 91.4 cm, signed as Rembrandt, [[National Gallery of Art]], Washington D.C<ref>[http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.81.html A Girl with a Broom], [[National Gallery of Art]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
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* 1649 ''[[Portrait of Abraham de Potter]]'', oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57 cm, [[Rijksmuseum]], Amsterdam<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-1591 Portrait of Abraham de Potter, Amsterdam Silk Merchant, Carel Fabritius, 1649], [[Rijksmuseum]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
* 1649 ''[[Portrait of Abraham de Potter]]'', oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57 cm, [[Rijksmuseum]], Amsterdam<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-1591 Portrait of Abraham de Potter, Amsterdam Silk Merchant, Carel Fabritius, 1649], [[Rijksmuseum]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.</ref> |
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* 1652 ''[[A View of Delft|A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall]]'', oil on canvas on panel, 15.4 x 31.6 cm, [[National Gallery]] London<ref name=bbc/> |
* 1652 ''[[A View of Delft|A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall]]'', oil on canvas on panel, 15.4 x 31.6 cm, [[National Gallery]] London<ref name=bbc>{{Art UK bio}}</ref> |
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* 1654 ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'', oil on panel, [[Mauritshuis]] The Hague |
* 1654 ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'', oil on panel, [[Mauritshuis]] The Hague |
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* 1654 ''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'', oil on canvas, 68 x 58 cm, [[Staatliches Museum Schwerin]] Schwerin |
* 1654 ''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'', oil on canvas, 68 x 58 cm, [[Staatliches Museum Schwerin]] Schwerin |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*''Carel Fabritius |
*''Carel Fabritius 1622–1654. Het complete oeuvre'' Frederik J. Duparc, Ariane van Suchtelen, Gero Seelig. {{ISBN|978-90-400-8987-9}} |
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*''The Oxford Dictionary of Art'' ISBN |
*''The Oxford Dictionary of Art'' {{ISBN|0-19-280022-1}} |
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*Biography at [http://www.residenzgalerie.at/en/WE370_2.htm Residenzgalerie] Salzburg |
*Biography at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604235321/http://www.residenzgalerie.at/en/WE370_2.htm Residenzgalerie] Salzburg |
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*[http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/fabritiusbio.html Olga's Gallery] |
*[http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/fabritiusbio.html Olga's Gallery] |
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*[http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/HOOGSTRATEN_BIO.html Adventure's in Cybersound] interest in unusual perspectives. |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040817214134/http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/HOOGSTRATEN_BIO.html Adventure's in Cybersound] interest in unusual perspectives. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Fabritius, Carel |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Fabritius, Carel Pietersz. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch painter |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = baptized 27 February 1622 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Middenbeemster, Dutch Republic |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 12 October 1654 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = Delft, Dutch Republic |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabritius, Carel}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabritius, Carel}} |
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[[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]] |
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[[Category:Dutch male painters]] |
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[[Category:Members of the Delft Guild of Saint Luke]] |
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[[Category:People from Beemster]] |
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[[Category:Pupils of Rembrandt]] |
Revision as of 01:27, 13 November 2020
Carel Fabritius | |
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![]() Self-portrait (c. 1645) | |
Born | Carel Pietersz. Fabritius baptised 27 February 1622 |
Died | 12 October 1654 (aged 32) |
Education | Rembrandt |
Movement | Delft School |
Spouse | Agatha van Pruyssen |
Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijɵs]; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are A View of Delft (1652; National Gallery, London), The Goldfinch (1654), and The Sentry (1654).
Biography
Carel Pietersz. Fabritius was born in February 1622 in Middenbeemster, a village in the ten-year-old Beemster polder in the Dutch Republic, and was baptized on 27 February of that year.[1] He was the son of Pieter Carelsz., a painter and schoolteacher,[citation needed] and he had two younger brothers Barent and Johannes, who also became painters.[1][2][3]
Initially he worked as a carpenter (Latin: fabritius). In the early 1640s he studied at Rembrandt's studio in Amsterdam, along with his brother Barent. In the early 1650s he moved to Delft, and joined the Delft painters' guild in 1652.
Fabritius died young, caught in the explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine on 12 October 1654, which destroyed a quarter of the city, along with his studio and many of his paintings. Only about a dozen paintings have survived.[4] According to Houbraken, his student Mattias Spoors and the church deacon Simon Decker died with him, since they were working on a painting together at the time.[4]
In a poem written by Arnold Bon to his memory, he is called Karel Faber.[4]
Painting
Of all Rembrandt's pupils, Fabritius was the only one to develop his own artistic style. A typical Rembrandt portrait would have a plain dark background with the subject defined by spotlighting. In contrast, Fabritius' portraits feature delicately lit subjects against light-coloured, textured backgrounds. Moving away from the Renaissance focus on iconography, Fabritius became interested in the technical aspects of painting. He used cool colour harmonies to create shape in a luminous style of painting.
Fabritius was also interested in complex spatial effects, as can be seen in the exaggerated perspective of A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall (1652). He also showed excellent control of a heavily loaded brush, as in The Goldfinch (1654). All these qualities appear in the work of Delft's most famous painters, Vermeer and de Hooch; it is likely that Fabritius was a strong influence on them.
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A View of Delft (1652) exploring an exaggerated, panoramic perspective
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The Goldfinch (1654), showing Fabritius' use of cool colour harmonies, delicate lighting effects, and a light background
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The Sentry (1654)
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Young Man in a Fur Cap, a 1654 self-portrait
List of works
- ca. 1640 The Beheading of John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 149 x 121 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- 1643 The Raising of Lazarus, oil on canvas, National Museum, Warsaw
- 1643 The Raising of Lazarus, oil on canvas, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
- 1643/45 Hagar and the Angel, oil on canvas, 157.5 x 136 cm, The Leiden Collection New York
- c. 1644 Portrait of a Seated Woman with a Handkerchief, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- c. 1645 Self-portrait, oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam[5]
- 1645–47 Mercury and Aglauros oil on canvas, 72.4 x 91.1 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- 1646–1651 A Girl with a Broom, oil on canvas, 107.3 x 91.4 cm, signed as Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C[6]
- 1649 Portrait of Abraham de Potter, oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam[7]
- 1652 A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall, oil on canvas on panel, 15.4 x 31.6 cm, National Gallery London[8]
- 1654 The Goldfinch, oil on panel, Mauritshuis The Hague
- 1654 The Sentry, oil on canvas, 68 x 58 cm, Staatliches Museum Schwerin Schwerin
- 1654 Young Man in a Fur Cap, oil on canvas, 70.5 x 61.5 cm, National Gallery London (probably a self-portrait)[8]
Notes
- ^ a b (in Dutch) Carel Fabritius, Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ (in Dutch) Barent Fabritius, Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ (in Dutch) Johannes Fabritius, Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Karel Fabricius biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Self-portrait, Carel Fabritius, c. 1645, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ A Girl with a Broom, National Gallery of Art. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ Portrait of Abraham de Potter, Amsterdam Silk Merchant, Carel Fabritius, 1649, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
- ^ a b 4 artworks by or after Carel Fabritius at the Art UK site
References
- Carel Fabritius 1622–1654. Het complete oeuvre Frederik J. Duparc, Ariane van Suchtelen, Gero Seelig. ISBN 978-90-400-8987-9
- The Oxford Dictionary of Art ISBN 0-19-280022-1
- Biography at Residenzgalerie Salzburg
- Olga's Gallery
- Adventure's in Cybersound interest in unusual perspectives.
External links
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- Carel Fabritius at Artcyclopedia
- Works and literature on Carel Fabritius
- Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which includes material on Carel Fabritius