Pieter Bruegel died so young, at about forty-four, but he left a lasting legacy of outstanding designs for prints and innovative paintings full of new ideas, which had great influence on his contemporaries and successors. When he died his sons, Pieter and Jan, were children and yet they both became painters. Pieter copied many of his father’s works but Jan, known as Velvet Brueghel, produced jewel-like landscapes and extraordinarily inventive flower paintings. The lecture will explore the work of this family.
Clare Ford-Wille
Clare is an art historian with an honours degree in the History of Art from Birkbeck College, University of London. As a lecturer, her regular commitments include the Centre for Lifelong Learning, London University, National Gallery, V and A Museum, WEA, Morley College, the City Literary Institute, and the Art Fund and National Trust. Clare also runs Study Tours abroad.