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Friday
Mar222013

The Naturalism and Poetry of Robert Campin

DateFriday, March 22, 2013 at 11:12AM

Master of Flémalle - Mérode Altarpiece - c. 1427 - Oil on wood, 64,1 x 117,8 cm - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (click photo for larger image)Master of Flémalle - Madonna with the Child by a Fireplace - 1433-35 - Oil on panel, 34 x 24 cm - The Hermitage, St. Petersburg (click photo for larger image)Robert Campin (also known as the Master of Flémalle, according to most scholars) was one of the earliest and greatest masters of Flemish painting. Characterized by a naturalistic conception of form and a poetic representation of the objects of daily life, Campin’s work marks the break with the prevailing International Gothic style and prefigures the achievements of Jan van Eyck and the painters of the Northern Renaissance.

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