Frans Post's universeVast skies, forts, sugar mills, tropical vegetation and unique animals give Frans Post's Brazilian landscapes their unique identity.
1612 - 1680Artist's life
Haarlem and Dutch Brazil, 1637 -1644Main homes
Landscape, topographical painting, naturalist drawing and engravingPractical
247155 paintings, 57 drawings and 35 engravings listed in the catalog raisonné - overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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1612 -1680 · Dutch landscape and colonial Brazil
Vast skies, forts, sugar mills, tropical vegetation and unique animals give Frans Post's Brazilian landscapes their unique identity.
Frans Jansz Post was born in Haarlem in 1612. In 1637, he accompanied Johan Maurits from Nassau-Siegen to Brazil as part of the administration of the Dutch West India Company. For seven years, he observed and drew the northeastern coastline, its forts, its plantations, its churches, its reliefs, its vegetation, its animals and the populations subject to the colonial order. The few paintings executed on site adopted relatively direct topographical observation. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in bright, low horizon and immense sky - with palm trees, cacti, capivaras, anteaters, snakes and Brazilian buildings. Late works become more imaginative and decorative, bringing together in the same view motifs observed in different places. The Rio Sao Francisco and Fort Maurice combine geography, military architecture and exotic animals. The mills, ox carts and planters' homes also document a sugar economy based on slavery, a reality that the ordered beauty of the compositions should not mask. Post died in Haarlem in 1680. His known corpus includes 155 paintings, 57 drawings and 35 engravings, an exceptional ensemble in the history of european representations of Brazil. The "Frans Post" selection notably compares A Brazilian landscape and The Rio Sao Francisco and Fort Maurice. His reading favors composition.
Post grafts Brazil onto the space of the Dutch landscape: under a familiar sky, each plant, animal and building shifts the gaze.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Frans Jansz Post was born in Haarlem in 1612. In 1637, he accompanied Johan Maurits from Nassau-Siegen to Brazil as part of the administration of the Dutch West India Company. For seven years, he observed and drew the northeastern coastline, its forts, its plantations, its churches, its reliefs, its vegetation, its animals and the populations subject to the colonial order. The few paintings executed on site adopted relatively direct topographical observation. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in 1644, Post transformed his studies into a vast cycle of landscapes intended for the Dutch market. Returning to Haarlem in bright, low horizon and immense sky - with palm trees, cacti, capivaras, anteaters, snakes and Brazilian buildings. Late works become more imaginative and decorative, bringing together in the same view motifs observed in different places. The Rio Sao Francisco and Fort Maurice combine geography, military architecture and exotic animals. The mills, ox carts and planters' homes also document a sugar economy based on slavery, a reality that the ordered beauty of the compositions should not mask. Post died in Haarlem in 1680. His known corpus includes 155 paintings, 57 drawings and 35 engravings, an exceptional ensemble in the history of european representations of Brazil.
Haarlem and landscape training
Dutch visual culture prepares the spatial structure that Post will transport to the tropics. This milestone sheds light on the "Frans Post" collection by favoring composition.
Stay in Brazil with Johan Maurits
Drawings and paintings observe forts, plantations, reliefs, plants, animals and colonial society.
Return to Haarlem and recomposed memory
On-site studies and landscape conventions combine into increasingly imaginative views.
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Horizon
A low horizon and an extended sky give breadth to the earth, forts and silhouettes. This line guides a reading of "Frans Post" centered on composition.
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Tropic
Palm trees, cacti and exotic animals mark the place without disrupting the balance of the Dutch landscape.
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Architecture
Fort, church, mill or residence structure the distance and place the territory in colonial history.
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Memory
After 1644, separately observed patterns were recomposed into coherent but not strictly topographical images.
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Six readings specific to Frans Post
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Frans Post.
Tropical view01
A Brazilian landscape
Sky, vegetation and habitat make up a broad image where Brazilian land becomes the real subject.
Landmark work by Frans Post. Reading of "Frans Post" through composition.Strong and capivara02
The Rio Sao Francisco and Fort Maurice
The capivara in the foreground, the river and the fortification combine natural observation and colonial geography.
Landmark work by Frans PostLife and territory03
The Ox Tank
The movement of the tank measures the extent of the landscape and recalls the human activities which organize the territory.
Landmark work by Frans PostBotanical memory04
Porto Calvo and the fig tree
The large tropical tree opens up the depth and transforms a botanical motif into a monumental threshold of the landscape.
Landmark work by Frans PostStyle05
Horizon
A low horizon and an extended sky give breadth to the earth, forts and silhouettes. This line guides a reading of "Frans Post" centered on composition.
Reading key for Frans PostStyle06
Tropic
Palm trees, cacti and exotic animals mark the place without disrupting the balance of the Dutch landscape.
Reading key for Frans Post
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