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Oil painting -> List of Painters -> Ambrosius Bosschaert Ambrosius Bosschaert
Career: He began his career in Antwerp, but he spent most of his time in Middleburg,
where he became the dean of the painters’ guild.He eventually
worked in Amsterdam(1614), Bergen op Zoom (1615-1616), Utrecht (1616-1619),
and Breda (1619). His still life paintings are usually based on flowers.
His bouquets were painted in a symmetric manner and with
scientific accuracy in minute dimensions and usually on copper.These
paintings from time to time included symbolic as well as religious
meanings.He turned out to be one of the initial artists to focus in
still life.
He also began a ritual of painting detailed flower
bouquets, which
characteristically consisted of tulips, roses and striking species.
In the year 1587, Ambrosius Bosschaert shifted from Antwerp to Middleburg with his family due to the threat of spiritual persecutions.When he turned 21,he joined the city's Guild of Saint Luke. Immediately Bosschaert became a significant figure in the fashionable floral painting genre. Though Ambrosius Bosschaert was very much in demand, he was unable to create many paintings as he was also employed as an art dealer. He died in 1621 in Hague.
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