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Name: Jan van Goyen
Birth Date: January 13, 1596
Death Date: April 27, 1656
Place of Birth: Leiden, Netherlands
Place of Death: the Hague, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Gender: Male
Occupations: painter, artist

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Biography of Jan van Goyen
479 words, approx. 2 pages
The Dutch painter Jan van Goyen (1596-1656) was a leader in the progressive landscape style of the 1630s and 1640s, which achieved a new freedom from traditional formulas. Jan van Goyen was born in Leiden on Jan. 13, 1596. Apprenticed from the age of...


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Goyen, Jan (Josephszoon) Van
98 words, approx. 1 pages
(born Jan. 13, 1596, Leiden, Neth.—died April 27, 1656, The Hague) Dutch painter and etcher. He studied in Leiden and Haarlem before settling at The Hague in 1632. Confining himself primarily to the scenery of Holland, he painted on wood panels;...
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Jan van Goyen Information
783 words, approx. 3 pages
Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (January 13, 1596, Leiden - April 27, 1656, The Hague) was a Dutch landscape...


News and Journals
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The Art Bulletin
Jan van Kessel. (book reviews)
12/01/1994: 1,896 words, approx. 6 pages
Does it make sense to write a monograph of 335 pages on an artist like Jan van Kessel (1641-1680), who is probably only known to specialists in the field of Dutch landscape painting of the 17th century? Will there be books in the...
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Catholic Insight
Jan van Eyck: to be a pilgrim.
09/01/1998: 1,460 words, approx. 5 pages
While the significance of our Catholic artistic heritage can often escape us in the modern world, beauty and art is integral to our humanity, as pointed out by Jean Cardinal Danielou in his book, Prayer as a Political Problem. He writes: "The world...
 


 

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