Kesabaran Jan van huysum (or jan van huijsum) (15 april 1682 – 8 february 1749) is the most notable member of the van huysum family of artists working in dutch golden age of the 17th and 18th centuries; "by common consent, jan van huysum has been held to be the best painter of flowers." [ 1] trained in decoration from a young age, he "gradually. Jan van huysum 1710–1729. arnold boonen (1669–1729) ashmolean museum, oxford. (b amsterdam, 15 apr. 1682; d amsterdam, 7 8 feb. 1749). dutch painter, with rachel ruysch the most distinguished flower painter of his day. he had a european reputation and was much imitated, his light colours and intricate, flamboyant compositions becoming.
Kesabaran 1682 1749. jan van huysum was the last of the distinguished still life painters active in the northern netherlands in the 17th and early 18th centuries, and an internationally celebrated artist in his lifetime. although he specialised in flower still lifes, van huysum also painted a few landscapes. his early works are more concentrated in. Van huysum was also a prolific draftsman whose drawings served as both preliminary studies and finished works. the profuse bouquets that won van huysum an international reputation included flowers from all seasons, arranged with elegance and seeming spontaneity in various states of bloom and demise. eager collectors often paid more than a. Van huysum was, highly praised by contemporary authors; houbraken described him as “the phoenix of flower painters.” at the time of his death he was a very wealthy man. van huysum is reputed to have been fiercely secretive about his techniques, forbidding anyone, including his own brothers, to enter his studio for fear that they huysum, jan van. Biography. jan van huysum was born in amsterdam on april 15, 1682. his father, justus van huysum the elder (1659–1716), was also an artist, as were jan’s three brothers, justus the younger (1685–1707), jacob (1688–1740), and michiel (1703–1777). justus the elder was a prolific painter of large flower pieces—often as part of complete.
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