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JAN VAN EYCK. MAJOR WORKS AND LOCATIONS. WAS A FLEMISH PAINTER, OFTEN “LAUDED” AS THE FOUNDING FATHER OF DUTCH FINE PAINTING, AND INVENTOR OF THE OIL TECHNIQUE. HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK WAS THE RETABLE, REAR PART OF AN ALTAR, FOR THE ST. BAVO’S CATHEDRAL IN GHENT. MISCELLANEOUS. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JAN VAN EYCK
MAJOR WORKS AND LOCATIONS WAS A FLEMISH PAINTER, OFTEN “LAUDED” AS THE
FOUNDING FATHER OF DUTCH FINE PAINTING, AND INVENTOR OF THE OIL TECHNIQUE.
HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK WAS THE RETABLE, REAR PART OF AN ALTAR, FOR THE ST. BAVO’S CATHEDRAL IN GHENT.
MISCELLANEOUS
1395- 1441 (BIRTH AND DEATH) IN BELGIUM. ALSO GOES BY THE NAME OF JOHANNES DE EYCK, AND DUBBED
“FATHER OF OIL PAINTING” HE IS FAMOUSLY PORTRAYED FOR HIS USE OF OILS, FOR TEXTURE. WAS THE GREATEST ARTIST OF THE EARLY NETHERLANDS
SCHOOL. HAD A BROTHER NAMED HUBERT.
BELIEFS, INTERESTS, TALENTS
GREATEST STUDENT OF HIS SCHOOL (EARLY NETHERLANDS)
WAS A HUMANIST, BELIEVED IN THE GOOD OF HUMANITY.
BECAME THE PAINTER AND VALET DE CHAMBRE TO PHILIP THE GOOD, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.
HIS TALENTS WERE MAINLY HIS USE OF OIL PAINTINGS.
EDUCATION
GREATEST STUDENT OF HIS SCHOOL (EARLY NETHERLANDS)
BECAME THE PAINTER AND VALET DE CHAMBRE TO PHILIP THE GOOD, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.
FAMILY
HAS A BRO NAMED HUBERT DE EYCK (NO PICTURES) ANOTHER BRO NAMED LAMBERT VAN EYCK MARGARETA VAN EYCK (SISTER)
RANDOM PICTURE
The Ghent Altarpiece Adoration of the Lamb
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