This man was a great artist of the High Renaissance & Mannerism movement of 1450-1516 in the Netherlands.
“He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school”, Wikipedia. Well, I will not even try to argue with this statement. Because when I had a first look at the paintings he created, right away I knew that I look at the works of a talented, unique person. The way he chose the colours, tones, shades, his imagination is truly incredible. How do I know that? I think it is all about the atmosphere of the works he did because when you look at them, you feel what the artist felt back then, starting from the anger and rich colours, and ending with his personal conflicts and abstract, imaginary worlds.
Hieronymus Bosch was born in Brabant, and was named as Jheronimus van Aken. He lived all his life in the city he was born in. His grandfather was an artist too, and his father was an artistic adviser, and known people even think that Bosh gained knowledge of his artistic skills through his two relatives.
Out there you could find not that broad amount of information about his life, thoughts, personality. But I think that the artworks penetrate to us all those qualities which did not survive to our days in dairies or another sort of notes, where we could find a little bit more about him. And yes, let’s be honest, his masterpiece looks eerie.
“Bosch produced at least sixteen triptychs, of which eight are fully intact, and another five in fragments, [which were] mostly on oak panels using oil as a medium”, Wikipedia. All those works are interesting, different and they alternate from Flemish style to the Impasto.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/death-and-the-miser-1490-hieronymus-bosch.html
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-visions-of-tondal-1479-hieronymus-bosch.html
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/christ-in-limbo-1575-hieronymus-bosch.html
Sofiia,
Nice work on Bosch! You are correct when you say there is not a lot of information out there about him but you’ve managed to spin together a nice piece of writing with your own personal thoughts about him combined with enough information you’ve found through your research. Good job out of the gate!
Jeff
Writing comment from Patrick
Good storytelling. Suggest you use Grammarly (and read posts out loud). That would help you smooth out bumpy sentences and correct awkward phrasing and punctuation errors. This man was a great artist of the High Renaissance & Mannerism movement of 1450-1516 in the Netherlands. Did he live from 1450 to 1516? Or did the High Renaissance cover those date? Needs to be clear. Overall, good job.