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Paul Bril (1554 – 7 October 1626) was a Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his landscapes. He spent most of his active career in Rome. His Italianate landscapes had a major influence on landscape painting in Italy and Northern Europe.
Paul Bril (1554-1626) was a prominent artist in Rome, where he painted frescoes and canvases for popes and cardinals. He is known for his Italianate landscapes influenced by his brother Matthijs and other Flemish masters.
Born and trained in Antwerp, Paul Bril went to Rome in 1575 and became the leading landscape painter in the city. His earliest works there were small highly finished forest scenes in the Flemish manner but his style was transformed by the study of contemporary Italian landscape painting, especially the work of Annibale Carracci.
The Netherlandish painter Paul Bril worked in Rome, where he became well known for his imaginative landscapes. He arrived in the city by 1582, having travelled from Antwerp to join his elder brother Matthijs. He followed Matthijs’s example, making detailed sketches of classical...
The Netherlandish painter Paul Bril, whose significant activity took place while he was active in Rome between about 1582 and 1626, was a key figure for landscape painting. He influenced numerous northern artists who traveled to Rome after him.
Paul Brill (born 1554, Antwerp—died October 7, 1626, Rome) was a Flemish artist who was perhaps the most popular painter of landscapes in Rome in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Paul Bril was a Flemish painter and printmaker principally known for his landscapes. He spent most of his active career in Rome. His Italianate landscapes had a major influence on...
