JAN VAN EYCK

MAJOR WORKS AND LOCATIONS WAS A FLEMISH PAINTER, OFTEN “LAUDED” AS THE

FOUNDING FATHER OF DUTCH FINE PAINTING, AND INVENTOR OF THE OIL TECHNIQUE.

HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK WAS THE RETABLE, REAR PART OF AN ALTAR, FOR THE ST. BAVO’S CATHEDRAL IN GHENT.

MISCELLANEOUS

1395- 1441 (BIRTH AND DEATH) IN BELGIUM. ALSO GOES BY THE NAME OF JOHANNES DE EYCK, AND DUBBED

“FATHER OF OIL PAINTING” HE IS FAMOUSLY PORTRAYED FOR HIS USE OF OILS, FOR TEXTURE. WAS THE GREATEST ARTIST OF THE EARLY NETHERLANDS

SCHOOL. HAD A BROTHER NAMED HUBERT.

BELIEFS, INTERESTS, TALENTS

GREATEST STUDENT OF HIS SCHOOL (EARLY NETHERLANDS)

WAS A HUMANIST, BELIEVED IN THE GOOD OF HUMANITY.

BECAME THE PAINTER AND VALET DE CHAMBRE TO PHILIP THE GOOD, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.

HIS TALENTS WERE MAINLY HIS USE OF OIL PAINTINGS.

EDUCATION

GREATEST STUDENT OF HIS SCHOOL (EARLY NETHERLANDS)

BECAME THE PAINTER AND VALET DE CHAMBRE TO PHILIP THE GOOD, DUKE OF BURGUNDY.

FAMILY

HAS A BRO NAMED HUBERT DE EYCK (NO PICTURES) ANOTHER BRO NAMED LAMBERT VAN EYCK MARGARETA VAN EYCK (SISTER)

RANDOM PICTURE

The Ghent Altarpiece Adoration of the Lamb