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FamousArtistsArtStylesandPeriodsArtMediumsAncientArt
IntroductiontotheArtistJudithLeysterByArtHistory.net
JudithJansLeysterwasborninHaarlem,Netherlandsin1609.Asawoman,herpositionasapainterduringtheDutchGoldenAgeisunusualduringthisperiodtherewereonlytwoothersignificantfemaleartists.Inanycase,arthistoriansbelievethatLeysterwaspopularduringherlifetime,thoughshewaslargelyforgottenuntiltheLouvrediscoveredapaintingbyherin1893whichhadpreviouslybeenattributedtoanotherpainter.Today,onlyaboutthirtypaintingshavebeenattributedtoLeyster,buttheyhaveservedtocementherfametodayasaDutchmaster.
LittleisknownofLeystersearlylifeandtraining.Shewastheeighthchildofabrewerandclothmaker,JanWillemszLeyster.Apparently,shewasknownforherpaintingduringherteenageyearsasshewasmentionedina1621publicationbySamuelAmpzing.Therearetheoriesregardinghertrainingbutlittlecanbeknownconclusively.OnetheorysuggeststhatLeysterwasthestudentorapprenticeoftheartistFransHals.Theirworkisverysimilarandtheywereknowntooneanother.Infact,whentheLouvrediscoveredLeysterspaintingin1893,hersignaturehadbeencoveredupbyanartdealerwithHalsssignature.
ItisknownthatLeystersuedHalsatonepointinHaarlemasrecordsindicate.Afterthreedaysofstudy,LeystersapprenticelefthertostudywithHalsandshesuedoverfeeswinningsomeportionback.Inanycase,scholarsbelieveLeysterdidmostofherpaintingbeforehermarriagetotheartistJanMienseMolenaerin1636.MolenaerpaintedmoreprolificallythanLeyster,butartcriticsfindhisskillowingincomparisontohers.Thecouplehadfivechildrenonlytwosurvivedintoadulthood.Beforemarrying,LeysterbecameamemberoftheHaarlemGuildofSt.Lukearareoccurrenceforawomanatthistime.Afterhermarriage,thecouplemovedtoAmsterdamandeventuallyHeemstede.
ScholarshavefoundonlytwoofLeystersworksthatdateafter1635anillustrationofatulip(1643)andaportrait(1652).Mostofherworkdatesbetween1629and1635.Herpaintingsoftendepictquietdomesticscenes.SomeofherbestknownworksandmasterpiecesincludeSerenade(1629),SelfPortrait(1630),TheHappyCouple(1630),TheConcert(1633),andManOfferingMoneytoaYoungWoman(1633).Leysterdiedattheageoffiftyin1660.Knownforherportraits,genrepaintings,andastilllife,Leysterwasrespectedasatalentedartistduringherlifetime.TodayherworkisreveredandLeysterisregardedasamajortalentoftheDutchGoldenAge.
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