Frans Post

Frans Janszoon Post (Leiden, 1612 — Haarlem, 1680) was a Dutch painter. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the New World. [cite web|title=Frans Post (1612-1680): Brazil at the court of Louis XIV|url=http://www.codart.nl/exhibitions/details/966/|date=2006-10-05]

In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil at the invitation of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen, [cite web|title=A Brazilian Landscape, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/A_Brazilian_Landscape/viewObject.aspx?&OID=110001771&PgSz=1|date=2006-10-05] who was governor-general there, at the suggestion of his brother Pieter Post.In 1644, Post returned to Haarlem. Of his Brazilian landscapes, some depict actual locations, while others are probably imaginary. Post's art is usually classified as Baroque.

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* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/post_frans.html Frans Post] at ArtCyclopedia