- Adam Willaerts
Adam Willaerts (
July 21 1577 ,London -April 4 1664 , Utrecht ) was a Dutch painter of theBaroque period.Willaerts (occasionally "Willarts", "Willers") was born in London to
Flemish parents who had fled fromAntwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived inLeiden . From 1597 until his death, Adam lived in Utrecht, where he became a member of theGuild of St. Luke in 1611, and subsequently rose to dean in 1620. His sons Cornelis, Abraham, and Isaac followed in his footsteps.He was known as a painter of river and canal pieces, coastal landscapes, fish-markets, processions, and genre scenes. He also painted villages and marine battle scenes.
References
* [http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=84577 Adam Willaerts at the Netherlands Institute for Art History]
*L. Otto Nelemans, "Adam Willaerts, Londen 1577-Utrecht 1664. Zijn leven en zijn werk, de religieuze schilderijen in het bijzonder", 1999 (Doctoral dissertation in Dutch)
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 716| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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