Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 -1640

was a Flemish painter of the Baroque era;

a period of artistic expression, in which paintings

were emotive, dramatic, passionate, sensual.

Rubens’ collective oeuvre is exemplar supreme

of the sentiment of Baroque style.

 

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(image from britishmuseum.org):

Peter Paul Rubens

self portrait

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Known for his voluptuous ‘Ruben-esque’ female nudes,

Rubens also created paintings of landscapes, portraiture

and religious/mythological themes.

 

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(images from allartclassic.com):

‘Venus at a Mirror’, 1615

a Ruben-esque female

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‘Paysage avec Philemon et Baucis,’ 1625

intense, dynamic landscape

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Marquise Brigida Spinola Doria, 1606

portrait study

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Christ after the Punishment, 1620

religious subject

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Perseus and Andromeda, 1620/21

mythological theme

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Rubens’ artistic flair greatly influenced his contemporaries.

One of his students, famed Flemish portraitist

Anthony Van Dyck, became court painter to

the English monarch Charles I.

Further, his significance is reflected in the works

of later artists such as landscape painter John Constable (18th C.)

and cubist artist Pablo Picasso (20th C.).

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 Rubens Legacy

(image from metmuseum.com):

‘Study of a head

Anthony Van Dyck

rich colours, emotive, expressive

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Contour painting by Pablo Picasso

study of the female form

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In celebration of the genius of Peter Paul Rubens

the Royal Academy of Arts, London will present

Rubens and His Legacy:  Van Dyck to Cézanne

an exhibition, which explores Rubens’ paintings

“through the lens of six themes:

power, lust, compassion, elegance, poetry and violence.”

 

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Rubens and His Legacy:

Van Dyck to Cézanne

 

Royal Academy of Arts, London

 

24 January 2015 — 10 April 2015

For further information, visit

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/rubens-and-his-legacy

 

 

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