Paulus Potter

See also: Potter

Paulus Potter is a animalist painter Dutch, born with Enkhuizen the November 20th 1625 and died with Amsterdam the January 17th 1654.

Potter, which will die at 29 years, will have a great influence on the Artiste S which will paint very Paysage S beyond the beginning of the 19th century.

Animalist painter, it concentrated quasi exclusively on the subjects Bovin S and reached a perfection in their representation.

Its philosopher's stones are visible with the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam. One also finds some with Paris (Musée of Louvre), with London (Wallace collection), etc

One can estimate that this concentration on a single subject, in spite of some variations towards the horses or the Chien S, constituted a step which constitutes a prelude to the abstraction. From this point of view, Paulus Potter is a Master whose repercussions still resound in the contemporary art.

Some works

Smallholder family with cattle (1646 - 29 X 37 cm)
Two horses in pre close to a door (1649 - 30 cm X 23 cm - oil on wood), exposed to the Rijksmuseum.
Two draft horses in front of a thatched cottage (1649 - 26 cm X 24 cm - oil on wood), exposed to the Musée of Louvre.
the wood of $the Hague (1650 - 38 cm X 40 cm - oil on wood), exposed to the Museum of Louvre.
Four cows in pre (1651 - 30 cm X25 cm - oil on wood), exposed to the Rijksmuseum.
the black and white horse (1653 - 41 cm X 30 cm - oil on wood), exposed to the Museum of Louvre.
the Meadow (1656 - 121 cm X 84 cm - oil on fabric), bought by Louis XVI in 1784, exposed to the Museum of Louvre.

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