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Frans Post (1612-1680)
Aliases: Frans Jansz. Poost; Frans Jansz. Post; Frans Janszoon Post
Professions: Landscape painter; Naval painter; Etcher; Illustrator
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Frans Jansz. Post , Haarlem circa 1612 - 1680 The Sugar Mill oil on panel
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FRANS JANSZ. POST HAARLEM CIRCA 1612 - 1680
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FRANS JANSZ. POST
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Frans Jansz. Post Haarlem circa 1612 - 1680 , landscape in brazil oil on oak panel
Frans Post Biography
(b Haarlem c . 1612; bur Haarlem, 17 Feb 1680). Painter and draughtsman, brother of (1) Pieter Post. He was one of the first trained European landscape artists to paint in the New World. His paintings and drawings without exception depict Brazilian scenery with exotic buildings, plants, animals and natives. He probably received his early training from his father and was also influenced by his brother’s early landscapes, although no works exist from this period. When Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen (see NASSAU, (1)) went to Brazil as Governor General of the Dutch colony in the north-east in October 1636, Frans Post, together with ALBERT ECKHOUT, was among the artists and scientists on board to record various aspects of Brazilian life, landscape, fauna and flora (see BRAZIL, §V, 1). His earliest painting, of the Island of Itamaracá (Amsterdam, Rijksmus., on loan to The Hague, Mauritshuis; see fig.), north-east of Recife in Brazil, bears the date ‘1637 1/3’ and thus must have been executed shortly after his arrival in Brazil. It is one of a group of only seven known paintings made in the New World by Post. All of them were painted between 1637 and 1640, and all are very closely related stylistically. They stand out by virtue of their directness and simplicity of vision. Though somewhat naive, they brilliantly capture the local atmosphere; moreover, they are of great topographical significance. Four other canvases of this group are in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and probably formed part of a collection of more than 30 paintings by Post presented by Johan Maurits to Louis XIV of France in 1679. Remarkably, no paintings done during the last four years of his Brazilian sojourn seem to have been preserved. Post must also have made many drawings and sketches on the spot; however, surviving works on paper from his Brazilian period are even fewer in number than the paintings. They are characterized by the same originality and simplicity; a sketchbook containing 19 views made by Post on the voyage and during their arrival in Brazil in January 1637 is in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.
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