Abel Grimmer
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Abel Grimmer was a Flemish Baroque painter.
. According to the RKD his earliest dated work is from 1586 and his latest dated work reads "162", so after 1620. Most of his works are landscapes and buildings using a great insight into perspective.
Biography
He learned to paint from his father, the painter Jacob GrimmerJacob Grimmer
Jacob Grimmer was a Flemish Renaissance landscape painter.-Biography:Grimmer was born and died in Antwerp. According to Karel van Mander he first learned to paint landscapes from Matthys Cock and later from Christiaen Queburgh, both of Antwerp. He was a very skilled painter of houses, sky, and...
. According to the RKD his earliest dated work is from 1586 and his latest dated work reads "162", so after 1620. Most of his works are landscapes and buildings using a great insight into perspective.
External links
- Abel Grimmer on Artnet
- Biography at Web Gallery of ArtWeb Gallery of ArtThe Web Gallery of Art is a virtual art gallery website. It displays historic European visual art, mainly from the Baroque, Gothic and Renaissance periods....
- Market scene in Bergen op ZoomBergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.-History:Bergen op Zoom was granted city status probably in 1266. In 1287 the city and its surroundings became a lordship as it was separated from the lordship of Breda. The lordship was elevated to a margraviate...
, at the National Gallery