Jacob van Ruisdael

Ruisdael was born in Haarlem, the son of a painter; he seems to have trained with his uncle, another painter in the same city. During his early travels, he experimented with the styles of German artists and other Dutch painters. By the time he was 30, he had settled in Amsterdam. Ruisdael is well known as a leading landscape painter in Holland in the 17th century Golden Age, working in the classical style of Dutch landscape painting. His work often conveyed moods through color, control of light and composition as well as his mastery of painting technique. Like most of the artists of this period, he worked almost exclusively in oils. Bodies of water and waterfalls were a favorite theme in his landscapes from the 1650s onward.

Instructor: Melora Cann 

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