Aelbert_Cuyp

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| birthname = Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp
| birthdate = {{birth date|1620|10|20}}
| location = [[Dordrecht]]
| deathdate = {{death date and age|1691|11|15|1620|10|20}}
| deathplace = [[Dordrecht]]
| nationality = [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px]] [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
| field = landscape painting
| training = [[Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp]] (his father)
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| famous works = ''The Maas at Dordrecht''<br/>''The Negro Page''
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'''Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp''' ([[October 20]], [[1620]] - [[November 15]], [[1691]]) was one of the leading [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[landscape painting|landscape]] [[painter]]s of the [[17th century]]. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father [[Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp]] (1594–1651/52),<ref name='ibiblio'>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cuyp/ |title=Cuyp |accessdate=2007-04-19 |last=Pioch |first=Nicholas |date=2002-07-14 |work=WebMuseum, Paris}}</ref> he is especially known for his views of the Dutch countryside in early morning or late afternoon.<ref name="century-magazine">{{cite journal | last = Cole | first = Timothy | title = Old Dutch Masters. Aelbert Cuyp | journal = [[Century Magazine]] | volume = 48 | issue = 1 | date = 1894 | url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Century_Magazine/Volume_48/Issue_1/Old_Dutch_Masters._Aelbert_Cuyp | accessdate = 2007-04-14}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[Image:The_Negro_Page_by_Aelbert_Cuyp.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|''The Negro Page'' circa 1652, oil on canvas; on display at The Royal Collection, Windsor]]
Aelbert Cuyp was born in [[Dordrecht]] on [[October 20]], [[1620]], and also died there on [[November 15]], [[1691]].<ref name="century-magazine"/> Known as the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] version of [[Claude Lorrain]], this [[landscape]] artist went on to inherit a considerable fortune. His family were all artists, with his uncle and grandfather being [[stained glass|glass stainers]]. Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, his father, was a [[portraitist]].<ref name='gogh-gallery'> {{cite web|url=http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Aelbert%20Cuyp.html |title=Aelbert Cuyp |accessdate=2007-04-14 |work=The Vincent van Gogh Gallery}}</ref>

== Paintings ==
Sunlight in his paintings rakes across the panel, accentuating small bits of detail in the golden light. In large, atmospheric panoramas of the countryside, the highlights on a blade of meadow grass, the mane of a tranquil horse, the horn of a dairy cow reclining by a stream, or the tip of a peasant's hat are all caught in a bath of yellow ocher light. The richly [[varnish]]ed medium refracts the rays of light like a jewel as it dissolves into numerous glazed layers. Cuyp's landscapes were based on reality and on his own invention of what an enchanting landscape should be.

[[Image:Aelbert Cuyp 003.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The Maas at Dordrecht'' ([[National Gallery of Art]], Washington DC)]]
Cuyp's drawings reveal him to be a [[drawing|draftsman]] of superior quality. Light-drenched washes of [[Walnut ink|golden brown ink]] depict a distant view of the city of [[Dordrecht]] or [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]].
A Cuyp drawing may look like he intended it to be, a finished work of art; but it was most likely taken back to the studio and used as a reference for his paintings. Often the same section of a sketch can be found in several different pictures.

Cuyp signed many of his works but rarely dated them, so that a chronology of his career has not been satisfactorily reassembled. A phenomenal number of paintings are ascribed to him, some of which are likely to be by other masters of the golden landscape, such as [[Abraham Calraet]] (1642–1722), whose initials ''A.C.'' may be mistaken for Cuyp's.

However, not everyone appreciates his work and ''River Landscape'' ([[1660]]), despite being widely regarded as amongst his best work, has been described as having "[[Chocolate box art|chocolate box]] blandness".<ref>
{{cite web | last = Kelly | first = Ned | title = Cuyp cake | work = [[New Statesman]] | date = [[2002-03-18]] | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/200203180037 | accessdate =2007-04-19}}</ref>
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== Later Life ==
After he married Cornelia Boschman in 1658, the number of works produced to him declined almost to zero. This may of been because his wife was a very religious woman and a very big patron of the arts. It could also be that he became more active in the church under his wife's guidance. He was also active as deacon and elder of the Reformed Church, and a member of the high court of Holland.<ref>
{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Aelbert Cuyp | work = [[National Gallery of Art]] | date = [[2007]] | url = http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2001/cuyp/life.htm | accessdate =2007-10-25}}</ref>
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==References==
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|NAME= Cuyp, Aelbert
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Cuyp, Aelbert Jacobsz
|SHORT DESCRIPTION= landscape painting
|DATE OF BIRTH= [[October 20]], [[1620]]
|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Dordrecht]]
|DATE OF DEATH= [[November 15]], [[1691]]
|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Dordrecht]]
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[[Category:1620 births]]
[[Category:1691 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch painters]]
[[Category:Dutch Golden Age painters]]
[[Category:Landscape artists]]
[[Category:People from Dordrecht]]

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