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In means and methods it wasquite original. -1464), whether a pupil of the Van
Eycks or a rival, produced asimilar style of art. In treatment it attempts the
realistic, but in spirit it is usuallystilted, cold, unsympathetic. As a great
artist his rank is still open to question.
As a still-life painter Vollon
(1833-)has never had a superior. He had not Van Eycksskill, nor his detail, nor
his color.
Forhistorical purposes Flemish art was begun, and almost completed,
byJan van Eyck.
He had all the attributes of the early men, and was oneof the
most perfect of Flemish painters. His first master was an obscure Robert
Campin. The followers ofthe Millet-Breton tradition are many. As a still-life
painter Vollon (1833-)has never had a superior. Caillebotte, Roll, Forain, and
Miss Cassatt, an American, arealso classed with the impressionists.
-1590) was
painter and courtier toPhilip II. , Dresden, Naples, Hermitage, and other
European museums, chief works at Madrid. Tristan(1586-1640) was his best
follower. There is not a great deal known about Morales (1509?
He was agood
colorist and an excellent painter of textures. The aim of these modern men is
chiefly to gain theeffect of light and air.
Caillebotte, Roll, Forain, and Miss
Cassatt, an American, arealso classed with the impressionists.
His best work
shows in hisportraits and etchings.
His madonnas areusually after the Carlo
Dolci pattern, though never so excessive insentiment. Vargas (1502-1568)
wasprobably the real founder of the school, though De Castro (fl.
TheFlemings
seem to have begun by themselves, and pictured the life aboutthem in their own
way.
-1590) was painter and courtier toPhilip II. He was one of the few Spanish
painters who were enabled toshake off the yoke of the Church. -1625), the
inspirer of Murillo and the masterof Zurbaran.
What wasproduced may be seen to
this day in the Madrid Museum.
Another portrait-painterof celebrity is
Carolus-Duran (1837-).
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