4/27/2010

Flemish painters -Pieter Brueghel II, The Younger-

Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564 or 1565 – October 10, 1636) was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Brueghel the Elder's paintings and nicknamed "Hell Brueghel" for his fantastic treatments of fire and grotesque imagery.

He painted landscapes, religious subjects and fantasy paintings. For this last category he often made use of fire and grotesque figures, leading to his nickname "Hell Brueghel".

Apart from these paintings of his own invention, Pieter Brueghel the Younger also copied the works his father had created by using a technique called pouncing. His genre paintings of peasants lack Pieter the Elder's subtlety and humanism, and emphasize the picturesque.

Regarding his work, pieter Brueghel painted the masterpieces: -Winter Landscape with Bird Trap- available for printing, on our website and an other work of his would be the -The Village Lawyer-.

**source: www.wikipedia.org

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