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Beyeren, Abraham van

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Beyeren, Abraham van (1620/1–90). Dutch painter, little regarded in his day but now considered one of the greatest of still-life painters. He initially specialized in fish subjects, but in the 1650s he began to devote himself to sumptuous banquet tables laden with silver and gold vessels, Venetian glassware, fine fruit, and expensive table coverings of damask, satin, and velvet. Works of this kind, in which he was rivalled only by Kalf, gave him even greater opportunity than his fish pieces to demonstrate his ability to show the play of light on varied surfaces and organize forms and colours into an opulent composition. He was born in The Hague and worked there and in various other towns before settling in Overschie in 1678. In addition to still lifes he painted seascapes.

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Beyeren, Abraham van

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Beyeren, Abraham van (b The Hague, 1620/1; d Overschie, 1690). Dutch painter, little regarded in his day but now considered one of the greatest of still-life painters. He initially specialized in fish subjects, but in the 1650s he began to devote himself to sumptuous banquet tables laden with silver and gold vessels, Venetian glassware, fine fruit, and expensive table coverings of damask, satin, and velvet. Works of this kind, in which he was rivalled only by Kalf, gave him even greater opportunity than his fish pieces to demonstrate his ability to show the play of light on varied surfaces and organize forms and colours into an opulent composition. He worked in various towns before settling in Overschie in 1678. In addition to still-lifes he painted seascapes.

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