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Historical Artist - Osias Beert (1580 - 1624)
Osias Beert was a recognized still life and flower painter who joined the Antwerp
painter’s guild in 1602. While pursuing a career in the arts, he also worked as a cork
merchant. Beert is praised for his oyster paintings, which display a mastery over the color and
texture of his subject.
Beerts's floral paintings, often showing a vase of flowers in a shallow niche, are similar to
the works of Ambrosius Bosschaert. His breakfast pieces, frequently known by their Dutch name
ontbijtjes ("little breakfasts"), are seen from a high angle with forced
perspective, as was common in both Flemish and Dutch still life painting in the early years of
the seventeenth century.
Contemporary Dutch Artists
Art Galleries in the Netherlands
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