The Flemish painter Robert Campin (ca. 1375-1444), probably to be identified with the anonymous Master of Flémalle, was the first great innovator in early Netherlandish painting and one of the founders of the "new realism" in the north. Robert...

(ca. 1376–1444). Late-medieval painter whose career is shrouded in mystery because of limited archival information and few attributed works. He is known principally for his famous pupil Rogier van der Weyden. Campin’s reputation in Tournai...

Robert Campin (ca. 1375 – April 26, 1444), now usually identified with the artist known as the "Master of Flémalle", is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting. This had been a matter of controversy for decades;...