ID: 39
Family Name: VAN EYCK
Given Name: Jan
Field of activity: Artist (fine arts, photography, etc.)
Date of birth: 1390s
Place of birth: Limburg (Holland)
Date of death: 1441
Place of death: Bruges
Biographical_Information: Jan Van Eyck is considered to be a founder of the Early Renaissance style in the Northern Renaissance. We do not know the exact date and place of his birth. It is believed that he was born in early 1390s in the eastern province of the Netherlands Limburg. He was probably taught the art by his brother Hubert Van Eyck, with whom he created the  masterpiece "The Ghent Altarpiece" (1425-1432), which they started in 1425; after the death of Hubert, his younger brother finished it alone.
Until 1425, Jan Van Eyck served at the court of Duke Johann of Bavaria (Hague), painting and restoring pictures. In 1425, he served at the court of Philip the Good of Burgundy, where he was greatly valued not only as an artist, for he was entrusted by the Duke with various diplomatic missions. In 1430, Van Eyck lived and worked in Bruges as painter to the court and city. It was believed that Jan Van Eyck invented oil painting, maybe it is not so, but his technique in oil painting is exceptional. His paint is so transparent that his works have a unique, almost luminous sheen. Jan Van Eyck died in 1441, in Bruges.

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Title: Christ's Crucifixion/Last Judgment

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