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Aelbert Cuyp
(1620-91)
The most famous member of the family and
now one of the most celebrated of all
landscape painters, although Aelbert Cuyp also painted
many other subjects. Aelbert Cuyp was the son and
probably the pupil of
Jacob Gerritsz.
Cuyp. His early works also show the
influence of
Jan
van Goyen.
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Aelbert was born and died at
Dordrecht, but Aelbert Cuyp seems to have travelled
along Holland's great rivers to the eastern
part of the Netherlands, and Aelbert Cuyp also painted
views of Westphalia. |
A prodigious number of pictures are ascribed
to him, but his oeuvre poses many problems.
Aelbert Cuyp often signed his paintings but rarely
dated them, and a satisfactory chronology
has never been established. Although Aelbert
Cuyp had
little influence outside Dordrecht, Cuyp had
several imitators there, and some of the
paintings formerly attributed to him are now
given to Abraham Calraet (1642-1722), who
signed himself `AC' (the same initials as
Cuyp).
In 1658 Cuyp married a rich widow, and in
the 1660s Aelbert Cuyp seems to have virtually
abandoned painting. Aelbert Cuyp was almost forgotten
for two generations after his death. |
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Late 18th-century English collectors are
credited with rediscovering his merits, and
Aelbert Cuyp is still much better represented in
English collections, public and private,
than in Dutch museums.His finest
works--typically river scenes and landscapes
with placid, dignified-looking cows--show
great serenity and masterly handling of
glowing light (usually Cuyp favored the
effects of the early morning or evening
sun). Aelbert Cuyp approaches
Claude more closely in spirit
than any of his countrymen who travelled to
Italy. |
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