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Jan Anton Garemijn

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Jan Anton Garemijn (1712-Belgium-1799) A village feast" and "The arrival of a guest". ▫️ Oil on canvas ▫️ 175.3 x 122.8 cm each ▫️ With decorative wooden frame: 190 x 140 cm each ▫️ ca 1760, Belgium ▫️ Unsigned ▫️ Private collection Netherlands ▫️ Very good condition ABOUT THE PAINTINGS Jan Anton Garemijn was mainly known for his religious scenes and large decorative cycles. This pair of pastoral paintings presents two scenes: "A village feast" and "The arrival of a guest". Numerous details highlighted by the painter illustrate village life in the 18th century. ABOUT THE ARTIST Jan Anton Garemijn (1712-1799) was the most important Bruges painter of the Rococo period. From an early age, he possessed an innate talent for drawing. He later studied at the newly founded Bruges Academy. In 1765, he was appointed director of the academy. He introduced new rules that made the Academy a successful school. After 10 years, he resigned. Around 1771, his colleague Charles-Nicolas Noël painted a pastel portrait of Garemijn, showing him as a painter, with easel and attributes. This portrait is part of the collection of the Groeninge Museum in Bruges. Paintings and drawings Garemijn produced paintings and drawings in many genres, including portraits, genre scenes, landscapes and several religious works - the latter mainly commissioned by local ecclesiastical authorities. He was also known for his decorative talents, designing triumphal arches for local processions and festive entrances. Today, however, he is most admired for his draughtsmanship, for it is in his drawings that Garemijn truly excels. His passion for drawing is evident when he adds his motto "Nulla dies sine linea" (No day without a line) to his earliest self-portrait, now lost. Genre scenes After leaving the academy, he turned away from sanguine drawings to concentrate on genre scenes. He is best known for his religious scenes and large decorative cycles. Although he never traveled, preferring to remain in his native Bruges, he was stylistically strongly influenced by the great French Rococo artists such as Boucher, Fragonard and Greuze. Garemijn can be considered one of the most important representatives of Flemish classicism.

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