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Wednesday
Apr102013

An Early Expressionist--Rogier van der Weyden

DateWednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:00AM

Rogier van der Weyden - Bladelin Triptych - 1445-50 - Oil on oak panel, 91 x 89 cm (centre panel), 91 x 40 cm (each wing) - Staatliche Museen, Berlin (click photo for larger image)Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a Lady - c. 1455 - Oil on oak panel, 37 x 27 cm - National Gallery of Art, Washington (click photo for larger image)Rogier van der Weyden (born 1399/1400, Tournai, France - died June 18, 1464, Brussels) was a Flemish painter who was the most influential northern European artist of his time--with the exception of Jan van Eyck.

Rogier was born into a rising middle class--and documentation exists that suggests he received a university education. He didn’t begin painting until the ripe old age of 27!

In his later life, Rogier received numerous vast commissions and was the head of his own large workshop. His work has had an enormous inpact on subsequent generations of artists--in part for its expressionistic qualities that do not rely on the inclusion of enormous technical details.

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