- Evert Collier
Evert Collier (c. 1640 - few days before
September 8 ,1708 ) was a Dutch painter known forvanitas still-life andtrompe l'oeil paintings. His first name is sometimes spelled "Edward" or "Edwaert" or "Eduwaert" or "Edwart," and his last name is sometimes spelled "Colyer" or "Kollier".Life
Evert Collier was born between 1630 and 1650 in
Breda ,Noord-Brabant , and died in 1708. He is believed to have trained inHaarlem , as his earliest paintings show the influence ofPieter Claesz andVincent Laurensz van der Vinne . By 1667, he had moved toLeiden , where he became a member of theGuild of St. Luke in 1673. He moved toAmsterdam by 1686 and to London in 1693. He was buriedSeptember 8 ,1708 atSt. James's, Piccadilly .The
Denver Art Museum , theHonolulu Academy of Arts , theNational Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom) , theRijksmuseum (Amsterdam) and theTate (London) are among the public collections having paintings by Evert Collier.Works
# "A Trompe l'Oeil of Newspapers, Letters and Writing Implements on a Wooden Board" (1699), 58.8 x 46.2cm
# "Edward Collier" (1683), Oil on Canvas, 44.4 x 52.8cm
# "Still Life" (1699), Oil on Canvas, 76.2 x 63.5cm
# "Still Life: The Smell" (1695), Oil on Canvas, 24 5/8 x 20 1/2 in
# "Still Life with a volume of Wither's Emblemes" (1696), Oil on Canvas, 83.8 x 107.9cm
# "AVanitas "
# "Vanitas" (1662), Oil on Wood, 94 x 112.1cm
# "Vanitas Still Life" (1684), Oil on Canvas, 99 x 123cm
# "Self Portrait with Vanitas Still Life" (1684), Oil on Canvas,Honolulu Academy of Arts Notes
References
* [http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/ Netherlands Institute for Art History] (Dutch only)
*Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart / unter Mitwirkung von 300 Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes ; hrsg. von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker (1907-1950)
*Adriaan van der Willigen en Fred G. Meijer, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725, Leiden 2003External links
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/collier/index.html Web Gallery of Art]
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