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Dancing in a Merry Company
During the early decades of the 17th century, a new form of genre painting evolved. The ‘Merry Company‘, as this genre was named, is an art term referring to a small assembly of individuals feasting, drinking, flirting, gambling, dancing, making music, and generally having a good time. The figures depicted can vary from affluent individuals Read more
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Jan Miense Molenaer – Dance in the Tavern
The highly versatile artist Jan Miense Molenaer (1610-1668)* was a brilliant exponent of genre art. He depicted a wide variety of subjects. The only artist that could match Molenaer’s versatility was Jan Steen (1626-1679). Molenaer excelled in tavern scenes, village weddings, merry companies, representations of the five senses, school scenes, outdoor scenes, as well as Read more
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Jan Miense Molenaer – Dance everywhere
In the 16th century, Haarlem was the epicentre of Dutch Mannerism. Change, however, was imminent. The early 17th century saw, in part due to Flemish influence, the emergence of an enterprising artistic approach. Mythological and biblical representations were supplanted by contemporary narratives. On the one hand, paintings depicting the young and affluent in a merry Read more
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Cornelis Dusart – Dance, Prints, & Etchings
Cornelis Dusart (1660-1704), who resided in Haarlem for the majority of his life, was one of the most prominent genre artists during the last quarter of the 17th century. Dusart was Adriaen van Ostade’s last student, taking over his master’s studio in 1685. He excelled in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Dusart’s paintings presented a convivial Read more
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Dance Images after Adriaen van Ostade
Adriaen van Ostade, a distinguished artist who resided and worked in Haarlem his entire lifespan, was renowned for his depictions of genre scenes. He, as his peers, Adriaen Bouwer and Isaac van Ostade, painted rustics and commoners drinking, frolicking, flirting, smoking, fighting, making music, and dancing. The prolific Adriaen van Ostade was influential. He possibly Read more
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Adriaen van Ostade – master artist of rustic life
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685), a major artist of the Dutch Golden Age, was highly productive. Over eight hundred of his paintings are extant. He was also a renowned printmaker, second only to Rembrandt van Rijn. Van Ostade’s paintings and prints were in high demand. His early work, discussed in the previous post, depicts scraggy peasants in Read more
14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne Adriaen van Ostade Albrecht Dürer Alma-Tadema Anthonie Palamedesz. art Arthurian Legends Bal des Ardents ballet Bergen School Bernard Picart Burgundian Court CoBrA Constant Cornelis Dusart Cornelis Massijs dance Dance around the Golden Calf dancers David Ryckaert III David Teniers the Younger David Vinckboons De Stijl Egg dance Else Berg Erhard Schön Frans Francken II Frans Hals Frans Huysmans George Hendrik Breitner Gertrud Leistikow Gillis Mostaert Haarlem Hans Bol Hans Vredeman de Vries Harmen Meurs Henri Braakensiek Herman Bieling Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Francken the Younger illuminated manuscript Isaac Israels Isaac van Ostade Jacob Grimmer Jacob Savery I Jacobus van Looy Jan Brueghel the Elder Jan Mandijn & followers Jan Miense Molenaer Jan Sierhuis Jan Sluijters Jan Steen Jan Toorop Jean-Baptiste Vanmour Jean de Wavrin Jean Froissart Karel Appel Karel van Mander Kees Maks Kees van Dongen Leo Gestel Loyset Liédet Maarten van Heemskerck Maastricht Hours Marius Bauer Marten van Cleve Mommie Schwarz Mondrian Paolo Fiammingo/Pauwels Franck Pieter Aertsen Pieter Balten/Peeter Baltens Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Codde Pieter de Bloot Pieter van der Borcht Pieter van der Heyden Piet Mondrian Piet van der Hem Romance of Alexander Roman de la Rose Rothschild Canticles Salome Sebald Beham Simon Bening Tango Theo van Doesburg Toer van Schayk Vilmos Huszár Vincent van Gogh Willem de Zwart
About me
As a young aspiring dancer I loved to ponder over the magnificent paintings created by Edgar Degas. How his ballerinas inspired me. The atmosphere of the Paris Opera, the beautiful tutus and the hard working dancers never failed to trigger my imagination. As the years past, I retained my love of dance, of Degas, of art, and developed an interest in knowing more about the cross fertilization between art and dance.
DANCE IMAGES IN THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS 