According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was named after his house on the Amsterdam Koningstraat, which was called "De Duystere Werelt", the dim world. He knew his exact contemporary Pieter Codde well though, in a brawl between them in 1625, Codde hit him in the face with a "tin pitcher" at a country house party hosted by another artist.[1] He married the sister of the painter Simon Kick (1603–1652), who in turn married Willem's sister.[2]
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After an early period as a portraitist, Duyster became a specialist in genre scenes such as merry company paintings, and military scenes.[3] Unlike many painters of guardroom scenes, he avoided depicting prostitutes, with the women in his military paintings often hostages for ransom or the victims of looting or worse.[4] He exhibited a strong ability to paint textiles, accurately characterize his subjects, and to depict relationships between his figures. Duyster's career was cut short when he succumbed to the plague in 1635.[2][5]
willem, cornelisz, duyster, 1599, 1635, dutch, golden, painter, from, amsterdam, best, known, guardroom, scenes, cortegaarddje, genre, paintings, showing, military, life, soldiers, beside, fireplace, 1632, wood, philadelphia, museum, philadelphia, pennsylvania. Willem Cornelisz Duyster 1599 1635 was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Amsterdam best known for his guardroom scenes cortegaarddje genre paintings showing the military life Soldiers beside a Fireplace 1632 oil on wood Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA Contents 1 Biography 2 Painting career 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksBiography editAccording to the Netherlands Institute for Art History he was named after his house on the Amsterdam Koningstraat which was called De Duystere Werelt the dim world He knew his exact contemporary Pieter Codde well though in a brawl between them in 1625 Codde hit him in the face with a tin pitcher at a country house party hosted by another artist 1 He married the sister of the painter Simon Kick 1603 1652 who in turn married Willem s sister 2 Painting career editAfter an early period as a portraitist Duyster became a specialist in genre scenes such as merry company paintings and military scenes 3 Unlike many painters of guardroom scenes he avoided depicting prostitutes with the women in his military paintings often hostages for ransom or the victims of looting or worse 4 He exhibited a strong ability to paint textiles accurately characterize his subjects and to depict relationships between his figures Duyster s career was cut short when he succumbed to the plague in 1635 2 5 Notes edit Franits 57 58 a b Home Willem Cornelisz Duyster rkd nl Franits 57 64 Franits 64 Willem Duyster 1599 1678 Artwork Images Exhibitions Reviews wwar com References editFranits Wayne Dutch Seventeenth Century Genre Painting 2004 Yale UP ISBN 0300102372External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willem Cornelisz Duyster Works and literature at PubHist Vermeer and The Delft School a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art which has material on Willem Cornelisz Duyster nbsp This article about a Dutch painter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willem Cornelisz Duyster amp oldid 1063819187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
