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Hendrick Avercamp | |
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| Born | 1585 |
| Died | 15 May 1634 (aged 49) Kampen, Dutch Republic |
| Education | Pieter Isaacsz |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
| Notable work | Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters (1608) Winter Landscape with a Frozen River and Figures (1620) |
| Movement | Dutch Golden Age |
Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) – May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting the Netherlands in winter. His paintings are colorful and lively, with carefully crafted images of the people in the landscape. His works give a vivid depiction of sport and leisure in the Netherlands in the beginning of the 17th century.[1] Many of Avercamp's paintings feature people ice skating on frozen lakes.
Avercamp's work enjoyed great popularity and he sold his drawings, many of which were tinted with water-color, as finished pictures to be pasted into the albums of collectors. The Royal Collection has an outstanding collection of his works.
- ^ Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George., Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1985–1993. p. 27. ISBN 0-19-869129-7. OCLC 11814265.
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