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Pieter de Hooch was born in 1629 and lived till 1684. He was a Dutch artist and was very famous for his genre paintings that shows daily life scenes of people. He was one of the contemporary for Johanas Vermeer and his works resembles his works in terms of styling and themes. Check out some…

About Birth: 1853. Death: 1890. "THE ONLY TIME I FEEL ALIVE IS WHEN I AM PAINTING" - Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh was born in 1853 in Netherlands and grew up in Holland. He was raised in a religious family and his father was a minister. After ending up of his school, he start…

Girl With a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer is one of the greatest Dutch painter which the history have seen, he was born on October 31, 1632 and died on December 15, 1675. He used to draw day to day middle class interior scenes from his surroundings. Johannes Vermeer is considered to be on…

Vincent Van Gogh was born in 1853 in Netherlands and grew up in Holland. He was raised in a religious family and his father was a minister. After ending up of his school, he started to work as an art dealer with one of his uncle, learning the trade in Holland and working in France & Engl…

Contents   About The Artist Matthias Stomer or Matthias Stom was regarded as a Dutch painter or possibly a Flemish painter . He was born in 1600 and died in 1652. He is well known for his art works which he produced during his stay in Italy.  He was a Braque Era style painter …

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje was a Dutch-Belgian painter.