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Explore the life and art of Hans von Aachen, a renowned artist known for his emotional paintings and mythological works. Discover his influences, techniques, and enigmatic life story. Dive into his detailed compositions and intriguing use of light.
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Time of birth an death/10 facts about him • He was born in 1552 and died 1615 • He was born in Cologne and took his name from his father • He trained in Cologne and travelled in Italy before a period in Bavaria Around 1589 to 1596 • In 1596 he settled in Prague, where he mainly served the Emperor Rudolf 2 • He only does paintings on what’s around him ad what he sees • He has hi own museum call The Getty • He does paintings about people that has emotional effects others • This guy was old an didn’t live very long • Death of this guy is non-figured out, that they don’t know what killed him or if he dies of old age • He was never married and didn’t have any kids
5 characteristics of his work • He is big in the war painting and the gods painting • He doesn’t add a whole lot of color to his painting’s • The painting’s have much detail and the for shadow in some isn’t all that good • Most of his painting’s though are about girls and their emotions • His painting’s look like they have a light on them from how the paint stayed on the paper
Medium/3 influences • His medium is oil painting and drawings • 3 influences about him is that he worked for a emperor to get the supplies that he need • He took the job to get from everything that has chased him in the past • He loves to make paintings about other people but no about him
Reason of choosing this artist • The reason I chose this artist is because the artwork he did and that he is interested in the same thing that I am and that would be in and that I don’t like paintings with real bright colors in a painting and most of his are dark
Wikipedia References/2 other sites • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Aachen • http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3241 • http://wwar.com/masters/a/aachen-hans_von.html
Country/were he lived • He was living in Italy but the moved to Bavaria for a job and more supplies