Emanuel Murant
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Emanuel Murant was a Dutch Golden Age
painter.
who probably taught him to draw . According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman in Haarlem
, where he learned to paint Italianate landscapes and specialized in village scenes and ruined farmhouses that were so exact, you could count all the bricks. Houbraken also mentioned him travelling to France and other places for many years. Murant's brother David in Amsterdam had many of his paintings still in his possession that Houbraken saw when he was writing his book in the 1710s. He added that Murant's paintings had sold well in Leeuwarden.
According to the RKD he travelled through France and in 1670 he married Berberke Willems and settled in Leeuwarden, where he stayed.
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
He was the son of a silversmith from BolswardBolsward
Bolsward is a city in Súdwest Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward is just short of a population of 10,000.- History :The town is founded on three artificial dwelling hills, of which the first was built some time before Christ....
who probably taught him to draw . According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman in Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, where he learned to paint Italianate landscapes and specialized in village scenes and ruined farmhouses that were so exact, you could count all the bricks. Houbraken also mentioned him travelling to France and other places for many years. Murant's brother David in Amsterdam had many of his paintings still in his possession that Houbraken saw when he was writing his book in the 1710s. He added that Murant's paintings had sold well in Leeuwarden.
According to the RKD he travelled through France and in 1670 he married Berberke Willems and settled in Leeuwarden, where he stayed.