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JAN VAN EYCK

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.

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JAN VAN EYCK

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  1. JAN VAN EYCK

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. EDUCATION • GREATEST STUDENT OF HIS SCHOOL (EARLY NETHERLANDS) • BECAME THE PAINTER AND VALET DE CHAMBRE TO PHILIP THE GOOD, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.

  6. FAMILY • HAS A BRO NAMED HUBERT DE EYCK (NO PICTURES) • ANOTHER BRONAMED LAMBERT VAN EYCK • MARGARETA VAN EYCK (SISTER)

  7. RANDOM PICTURE

  8. The Ghent Altarpiece Adoration of the Lamb

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