Johannes Jan Vermeer

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Johannes (Jan) Vermeer

• By Jung Lee

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About the artist

• Born on October 1632
• Died on December 1675
• Nationality Dutch
• He was an apprentice to his father, a carpenter
• He attended Delft Guild of Saint Luke.

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Challenges

• The Netherlands and France occurred which made it
  impossible for him to sell his work.
• No one was interested in buying art after the
  French troops invaded Holland.
• He only did two or three paintings a year while
  he had to support himself and his growing family.
• His life was burdened by poverty.

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Quotes

• Vermeers paintings are so alive. I could stand
  in front of one for hours and still see something
  new.
• -a museum goer
• View of Delft is one of the great masterpieces
  in the history of art.
• -Arthur K. Wheelock, curator, of art
• Vermeer painted what a camera sees. He deals
  with what happens at the blurry edges of our
  vision.
• -Chuck Close, contemporary painter.

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References

• Vaugh, William. Encyclopedia of Artists. United
  States of America Oxford University Press.
  Inc., 2000
• Powell, Earl. Johannes Vermeer Working With
  Composing. Scholastic Art. Nov.1997 16
• Pioch, Nicolas. Vermeer, Jan. WebMuseum
  Vermeer, http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/ver
  meer