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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Chapter 1: PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER
By Virgil Barker
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This study examines the paintings, prints, and drawings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, weighing signed and dated works against sparse biographical records and situating his art within sixteenth-century social and religious turbulence. It traces his attention to peasant life, festivals, and landscape, explores satirical and moralizing elements, and discusses technique, chronology, and iconography. Drawing on contemporary cultural context—urban commerce, religious dissent, and expanding horizons—the essay combines close visual analysis with historical background to clarify themes, subject matter, and the development of his artistic manner.

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Title: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

A study of his paintings

Author: Virgil Barker

Artist: Pieter Bruegel

Release date: March 6, 2025 [eBook #75540]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: The Arts Publishing Corporation, 1926

Credits: deaurider, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER ***
PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER:
A STUDY OF HIS PAINTINGS
HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (DETAIL)

PIETER BRUEGEL
THE ELDER

A STUDY OF HIS PAINTINGS
BY
VIRGIL BARKER
NEW YORK
THE ARTS PUBLISHING CORPORATION
1926
COPYRIGHT, 1926
BY THE ARTS PUBLISHING CORPORATION
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Note

Most of the material included in this book was originally published in a special Bruegel edition of The Arts. Mr. Barker’s essay met with such immediate success that in order to meet the demand the editor decided to increase the number of illustrations and publish Mr. Barker’s noteworthy essay in permanent form.

Comparatively little has been written in English on Pieter Bruegel the Elder, nothing in fact except a few passing magazine articles. At the request of the artists The Arts undertook to supply this want. In selecting Mr. Barker to carry out this important work The Arts was particularly fortunate. Besides being an ardent student of the genius of Bruegel, the author, in the course of his duties as European correspondent of The Arts, was able to carry on the special research necessary to give permanent value to the following essay.

Forbes Watson.
THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL (DETAIL)