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Land in the forest
Rachelle Ruysch • Painting, 1687, 47×40 cm
Description of the artwork «Land in the forest»
Picture "Earth to forest" Rachel Ruys wrote at the age of 23 years. She was a young artist, ahead - several years of girlhood, which Ruus spend on painting (she will be married at 29 and have 10 children). Behind - 5 years of training the artist-legends Willem van Aalst who managed to share her main secrets - how to write bulk flowers realistic texture and make the composition boring.
The jacket is made in the style of sottobosco (sottobosco), this was how the Italians, the Dutch it - bosstilleven (still life). This image of a piece of land with plants, small animals, and area of the landscape below, there was no doubt that it occurs "in nature". Paintings in this genre is always dark, because it was supposed to depict the evening and twilight. Another secret of these paintings - for greater reliability in the writing of moss used a live moss that was dipped in paint and applied to canvas.
The founder of this genre in the Netherlands consider other van Aalst - Otto Marseus van Skrika. He, too, could become a teacher Ruis, but died, never having caught the student in the future "Minerva from Amsterdam".
Picture "Land in the woods" — an excellent example of the forest of still life. Conditions (dark and have a piece of the landscape) are met, and at the same time, visible the author's handwriting. Flowers and gardens most likely, their location on the canvas - a complex mix that plants "do not pose" - they were written randomly and naturally.
Until about 1716 Rachel Ruus often paints in this genre (1, 2). But over time, the artist developed his own style - an intricate bouquets on a dark background, favorite of many collectors. During the life of Ruus could not just buy her picture - need to do the ordering agent for the year ahead and to wait patiently.
Author: Alexander Berezhnaya
The jacket is made in the style of sottobosco (sottobosco), this was how the Italians, the Dutch it - bosstilleven (still life). This image of a piece of land with plants, small animals, and area of the landscape below, there was no doubt that it occurs "in nature". Paintings in this genre is always dark, because it was supposed to depict the evening and twilight. Another secret of these paintings - for greater reliability in the writing of moss used a live moss that was dipped in paint and applied to canvas.
The founder of this genre in the Netherlands consider other van Aalst - Otto Marseus van Skrika. He, too, could become a teacher Ruis, but died, never having caught the student in the future "Minerva from Amsterdam".
Picture "Land in the woods" — an excellent example of the forest of still life. Conditions (dark and have a piece of the landscape) are met, and at the same time, visible the author's handwriting. Flowers and gardens most likely, their location on the canvas - a complex mix that plants "do not pose" - they were written randomly and naturally.
Until about 1716 Rachel Ruus often paints in this genre (1, 2). But over time, the artist developed his own style - an intricate bouquets on a dark background, favorite of many collectors. During the life of Ruus could not just buy her picture - need to do the ordering agent for the year ahead and to wait patiently.
Author: Alexander Berezhnaya
