Discover painter, decorative painter (of interiors), copyist Peter Tillemans

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: Tillemans, Pieter
Tilmans, Peter

Monogram: PT

Qualifications: painter, decorative painter (of interiors), copyist, draftsperson, etcher, painting collector
copied and imitated works by other masters, such as Teniers, G. Courtois (Thieme/Becker 1939), Jan Baptist van der Meiren and Philips Wouwerman. His patrons were, amongst others, the Duke of Devonshire and William Byron (Von Wurzbach 1910), also Duke of Kingston and the dukes of Somerset (Saur 2020).

Nationality/school: South Netherlandish, English

Born: Antwerp (city) 1684

Deceased: Norton (Suffolk) 1734-11-30
died of asthma; buried 5 December 1734 in Stowlangtoft/Suffolk

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: brother-in-law of Peter Casteels III (1684-1749)

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Angellis, Pieter

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Biographical information

Education: Kneller's Academy (Londen)

from 1711 on

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Antwerpen (stad) 1705 - 1708
Londen (Engeland) 1708 - 1711
travelled in 1708 with his brother-in-law Peter Casteels III to England and lived there unitll his death
Northamptonshire (graafschap) 1721 - 1724
In 1721-24 he traveled the county of Northamptonshire, partly in the summer months partly together with the archaeologist John Bridges (†1724): over 200 topograpgical views were created for a work of tables that was not published until seventy years later (Saur 2020).
Norton 1734

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Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Angellis, Pieter
Byron, William 4th Baron
Devis, Arthur
Nollekens, Josef Frans
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Meiren, Jan Baptist van der

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: conversation piece, animal painting (genre), hunting scene, game piece (still life), fruit piece, flower piece, landscape (genre), portrait, still life, topography, battle
landscapes with figures and animals in Brussels and Cambridge; that Tillemans painted still lifes is apparent from the sales catalog of the collection of a Tillemans, possibly a descendant, in London on 10 May 1763, including a flower still life with a parrot; a sale in London on 26 March 1711 mentions a fruit still life; a signed early still life with dogs and loot appeared on the art market and at a Christie's sale on Oct. 22. 1982(Willigen/Meijer 2003)

Medium/technique: oil paint

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Walpole et al. 1762/1876 (ed. Wornum) , vol. 1 (1876), p. 31 (as: Peter Tillemans)
Von Wurzbach 1906-1911 , p. 714 (as: Tillemans. Peter)
Nisser 1927 , p. 56, 101, 132
Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 33 (1939), p. 171 (as: Tillemans, Peter)
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 258, 367, 405, 440-441 (as: P. Tillemans)
Croft-Murray 1962-1970 , vol. 2 (1970), p. 286-287
Grant 1970 , p. 195
Mallalieu 1976-1990 , vol. 1 (1976), p. 257
Waterhouse 1981 , p. 369-370
Cockett 1995 , p. 125
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 502 (as: Tillemans, Peter)
Stewart/Cutten 1997 , p. 452
Van der Willigen/Meijer 2003 , p. 195
Saur 1992- , vol. 109 (2020), p. 204

R. Raines, 'Peter Tillemans, life and work, with a list of representative paintings', The Walpole Society 47 (1978-1980), p. 21-59

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Project: Gerson Digital : United Kingdom

External links: this artist in the British Museum
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Creation date: 1992-01-26; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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