Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named him “Gheestige Willem” (Jolly or spirited William).
Buytewech was born and died in Rotterdam. He was the son of Pieter Jacobsz, a cobbler and candlemaker. He learned his trade in Haarlem, where he became a member of the artists' guild (Haarlem Guild of St. Luke) in 1612, together with Hercules Segers and Esaias van de Velde.[1]Frans Hals, who was a member of this guild since 1610, had much influence on Buytenwech's work, as shown by the many drawings that the latter made after Hals's paintings. After his marriage on November 10, 1613, with Aeltje van Amerongen, of a patrician family, he returned to Rotterdam. There Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh was one of his pupils.
Buytewech was primarily a graphic artist, mostly of landscapes and genre pieces, but occasionally also of biblical and allegorical themes. Of his paintings only eight have survived to this date, all genre pieces, most depicting merry companies. Merry Company on a Terrace (1616) is in the collection of the Mauritshuis, the Hague.[2]Merry Company (1620) is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
He died at age 32 or 33 of unrecorded causes. His son Willem Willemsz Buytewech (1625–1670), born after his death, would become a painter as well. It is suggested that Herman van Swanevelt could have been his pupil.
willem, pieterszoon, buytewech, 1591, september, 1624, dutch, golden, painter, draughtsman, etcher, early, specialists, merry, company, type, subject, dutch, genre, painting, contemporaries, named, gheestige, willem, jolly, spirited, william, willem, buytewech. Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech 1591 92 September 23 1624 was a Dutch Golden Age painter draughtsman and etcher He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting His contemporaries named him Gheestige Willem Jolly or spirited William Willem BuytewechWillem Pieterszoon BuytewechBornWillem Pietersz1591 2RotterdamDiedSeptember 23 1624RotterdamNationalityDutchKnown forPaintingMovementBaroque Willem Buytewech s Merry Company 1620 The Leiden anatomical theatre during a dissection Life editBuytewech was born and died in Rotterdam He was the son of Pieter Jacobsz a cobbler and candlemaker He learned his trade in Haarlem where he became a member of the artists guild Haarlem Guild of St Luke in 1612 together with Hercules Segers and Esaias van de Velde 1 Frans Hals who was a member of this guild since 1610 had much influence on Buytenwech s work as shown by the many drawings that the latter made after Hals s paintings After his marriage on November 10 1613 with Aeltje van Amerongen of a patrician family he returned to Rotterdam There Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh was one of his pupils Buytewech was primarily a graphic artist mostly of landscapes and genre pieces but occasionally also of biblical and allegorical themes Of his paintings only eight have survived to this date all genre pieces most depicting merry companies Merry Company on a Terrace 1616 is in the collection of the Mauritshuis the Hague 2 Merry Company 1620 is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam He died at age 32 or 33 of unrecorded causes His son Willem Willemsz Buytewech 1625 1670 born after his death would become a painter as well It is suggested that Herman van Swanevelt could have been his pupil References edit Willem Buytewech in the Rijksmuseum Acquisitions of the month November 2018 Apollo Magazine 7 December 2018 External links edit nbsp Media related to Willem Pietersz Buytewech at Wikimedia Commons Gary Schwartz on the Merry Companies http www wga hu frames e html bio b buytewec biograph html About his son The Maps of Willem Buytewech Works and literature at PubHist Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech amp oldid 1136290564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
