Bartram de Fouchier
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Bartram de Fouchier was a Dutch Golden Age
painter.
(1601–1603). The fighting lasted so long that the elder Fouchier had time to fall in love with a young heiress from Bergen op Zoom and he settled there. When the young Bartram came of age, he wanted to learn painting, so his father sent him to Antwerp to study with Anthony van Dyck
. He learned to paint a good portrait there, but since this was he period that Van Dyck had very little time for pupils, Fouchier left his workshop and travelled to Utrecht in 1634 to study with Jan van Bijlert
, where he stayed for two years. He first returned home to Bergen op Zoom, but then he left again to make a Grand Tour
to Italy, where in Rome he was accused of heresy together with his companion Jan van Isendoorn. They fled to Florence, where they stayed a short while before leaving for Paris, and shortly after that to Antwerp, where they parted company. Fauchier returned to Bergen op Zoom and at first tried to make a living at painting in the manner of Tintoretto
, but he had more success with genre pieces in the manner of Adriaen Brouwer
. He was buried in the Grote Kerk of Bergen op Zoom.
According to the RKD, he was trained by Jan van Bijlert
and traveled to Italy with Jan van Isendoorn.
Dutch Golden Age
The Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter.
Biography
Houbraken remarked that his father was a Frenchman who had come to visit the Netherlands for the Siege of Calais in 1596 and stayed for the Siege of OstendSiege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and one of the longest sieges in history. It is remembered as the bloodiest battle of the war, and culminated in a Spanish victory...
(1601–1603). The fighting lasted so long that the elder Fouchier had time to fall in love with a young heiress from Bergen op Zoom and he settled there. When the young Bartram came of age, he wanted to learn painting, so his father sent him to Antwerp to study with Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
. He learned to paint a good portrait there, but since this was he period that Van Dyck had very little time for pupils, Fouchier left his workshop and travelled to Utrecht in 1634 to study with Jan van Bijlert
Jan van Bijlert
Jan Hermansz van Bijlert was a Dutch portrait painter in the style of Caravaggio.-Biography:Jan van Bijlert was born at Utrecht, the son of a the stained glass worker Herman Beernts van Bijlert, and became a student of Abraham Bloemaert. He moved to Amsterdam, where he married in 1625.. He...
, where he stayed for two years. He first returned home to Bergen op Zoom, but then he left again to make a Grand Tour
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage...
to Italy, where in Rome he was accused of heresy together with his companion Jan van Isendoorn. They fled to Florence, where they stayed a short while before leaving for Paris, and shortly after that to Antwerp, where they parted company. Fauchier returned to Bergen op Zoom and at first tried to make a living at painting in the manner of Tintoretto
Tintoretto
Tintoretto , real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso...
, but he had more success with genre pieces in the manner of Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.-Biography:...
. He was buried in the Grote Kerk of Bergen op Zoom.
According to the RKD, he was trained by Jan van Bijlert
Jan van Bijlert
Jan Hermansz van Bijlert was a Dutch portrait painter in the style of Caravaggio.-Biography:Jan van Bijlert was born at Utrecht, the son of a the stained glass worker Herman Beernts van Bijlert, and became a student of Abraham Bloemaert. He moved to Amsterdam, where he married in 1625.. He...
and traveled to Italy with Jan van Isendoorn.