Jan Van Eyck
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Plopez11
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Jan Van Eycks birth is not really known, what people know is that he was born from 1395 but they dont know the exact date for sure. Van Eyck was a famous artist that painted many paintings. Van Eycks first painting was from 1427-29, that art piece is called the Ghent Altarpiece - singing angles. Jan Van Eyck was known as the "leading painter." One of his famous paintings people think its a self portrait. His death 1441.
Accomplishments
* Born 1390* 1454 "The leading painter of his time" * 1435 "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin" * 1425 "Became into attention of Phillip the Good"* 1436 "Arnolfini Portrait painting"* Died 1441
- He had 15 paintings in 61 years - Ghent Altarpiece was started by his brother before he died and was finished by Jan- Giovanni Arnoldfini and his Wife was his most famous painting - Jan was one of the first painters to use one layer of tempra and then a layer of oil
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Citations
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Netherlandish_painting - http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eyck/hd_eyck.htm- http://www.jan-van-eyck.org/The-Ghent-Altarpiece--Singing-Angels-(detail-1)-1427-29.html -http://www.jan-van-eyck.org/biography.html
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