Pieter Boel
Flemish painter (1622-1674) · Artists · Died at 52
Pieter Boel or Peeter Boel was a Flemish painter, printmaker and tapestry designer. He specialised in lavish still lifes and animal paintings. He moved to Paris, where he worked in the gobelin factory and became a painter to the king.
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Pieter Boel revolutionized animal painting by working directly from live animals in a natural setting. He thus arrived at representations of animals showing them in their natural, characteristic poses. He had many followers in France.
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Artists
Type
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1622 to 1674 · aged 52
