The universe of Abraham van BeijerenBright lobsters, shimmering silverware, wet fish and a free touch make Abraham van Beijeren one of the most personal masters of Dutch still life.
around 1620 -1690Artist's life
The Hague, Leiden, Delft, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Gouda and OverschieMain homes
Navy, fish, banquet, pronkstilleven, flowers, oil on canvas and panelPractical
300 800Marines, still lifes, banquets, fish, flowers, studies and lost works, overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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around 1620 -1690 · The Hague, fish, seascapes and sumptuous banquets
Bright lobsters, shimmering silverware, wet fish and a free touch make Abraham van Beijeren one of the most personal masters of Dutch still life.
Abraham van Beijeren, also spelled Van Beyeren, was born in The Hague around 1620 or 1621. Son of a glazier, he was mentioned in 1636 as a student of Tymen Cracht. After a stint in Leiden, he became a master painter in The Hague in 1640. His first works were seascapes: sailboats, estuaries and gray seas revealed the influence of Jan van Goyen. This experience of water and reflections soon nourished his second specialty, the still life of fish. Carps, herring, rays and crustaceans are arranged with an almost monumental scale; a few soft touches are enough to convey the humidity of the scales, the weight of the bodies and the cold light of the market. From the 1650s, Van Beijeren develops sumptuous pronkstillevens. It brings together silverware, glassware, porcelain, fruit, bread, peeled lemon, watch, lobster and precious fabrics. Unlike painters who seek an invisible finish, it lets the touch breathe. A reflection on an ewer or a glass is constructed by rapid gestures, sometimes free enough to announce a much later sensitivity. In Banquet, silverware orders a complex depth and reflects the world of the workshop. Wealth, however, remains crossed by fragility: cut fruit, overturned glass and reminds us of the passage of time. The painter experiences financial difficulties all his life. He participates in the foundation of the Pictura Brotherhood in 1656, but debts led to sales and travel. He worked successively in Delft, The Hague, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Gouda then Overschie. In 1689, fifty-four paintings were still sold to settle his creditors. He probably died at the beginning of 1690. Little recognized during his lifetime for this free manner, Van Beijeren is today admired precisely for her: his luxurious objects are never fixed, because metal, flesh, glass and light still seem to be forming under the brush. The selection "Abraham van Beijeren" compares Banquet and Still Life with Lobster and Fruit. Its reading favors space.
Van Beijeren paints luxury without cooling it: lobster, silver, glass and fruit remain crossed by the gesture that makes them appear.
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Journey, subjects and pictorial language
The Hague, Leiden and Marines
Learning about sky, water and reflection builds an atmospheric touch. This milestone illuminates the "Abraham van Beijeren" collection by favoring space.
Pisces and material truth
Fresh catch is becoming a monumental subject linked to the Dutch maritime economy.
Banquets and traveling life
Silverware, lobsters and glassware accompany a brilliant but financially precarious career.
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Free key
Contours and reflections remain visible as gestures, giving objects a rare vibration. This line guides a space-centered reading of "Abraham van Beijeren".
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Mirror metal
Dishes and ewers multiply the sparkles, silhouettes and depth of the table.
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Maritime flesh
Fish and lobster are rendered by weight, humidity and color as much as by drawing.
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Fragile opulence
Watch, glass and opened fruit introduce time into the splendor of the banquet.
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Six readings specific to Abraham van Beijeren
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Abraham van Beijeren.
Living silverware01
Banquet
Precious tableware, glassware and fruits follow one another in reflections in a free and sumptuous composition.
Landmark work by Abraham van Beijeren. Reading of "Abraham van Beijeren" through space.Spectacular red02
Still life with lobster and fruit
Lobster concentrates color while fruit, metal and drapery display abundance around it.
Landmark work by Abraham van BeijerenShard of the grip03
Still life with fish
Fish and crustaceans are distributed by masses and reflections like a masterful study of wet matter.
Landmark work by Abraham van BeijerenStyle04
Free key
Contours and reflections remain visible as gestures, giving objects a rare vibration. This line guides a space-centered reading of "Abraham van Beijeren".
Reading key for Abraham van BeijerenStyle05
Mirror metal
Dishes and ewers multiply the sparkles, silhouettes and depth of the table.
Reading key for Abraham van BeijerenStyle06
Maritime flesh
Fish and lobster are rendered by weight, humidity and color as much as by drawing.
Reading key for Abraham van Beijeren
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