More Vermeer?

Yes. It seems that when I start researching an artist the info just keeps trickling in.

Johannes Vermeer

1632-1675

Author Susan Vreeland likes to write historical fiction about artists. Her best selling Girl in Hyacinth Blue spins a tale of a fictitious Vermeer painting and its owners. I had to read it a second time once I rediscovered Vermeer. 

Then I found a film version (a DVD at the library) called Brush with Fate staring Glen Close. It follows this captivating painting and all its secrets from the artist's studio to the 20th century.

Susan's stories are always well researched, so you get a good picture to the artist & his/her place in history.

Who Is Tim's Vermeer?

Who is Tim's Vermeer (3/27/14 post)?

Johannes Vermeer

1632-1675

Born in the Netherlands; his father was an art dealer.

Married Catharina Bolnes in 1653.

Worked as a painter, art dealer & inn keeper.

Member of the Guild of St Luke (artists & craftsmen) in Delft.

His main creative period was between 1650 and 1670.

He may have painted between 45 & 60 paintings during his productive period , that averages to only two to three a year. 

He died at age 43.

Only 35 of his paintings survive today. They are in museums & private collections.

He left no drawings, studies, letters or personal documents.

Much of his life including his training and his techniques are a mystery, but his paintings are a wonder.