Peter_Paul_Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens Peter Paul Rubens Born in 1577 in a small German town called Siegen, Peter Paul Rubens lived a successful life of an artist. From birth he led a wealthy life with his father, Jan Rubens, from a family of spice merchants. Jan was a successful lawyer in Antwerp before fleeing from the city to escape the religious war. His life crumbled, however, when Jan died in 1587, leaving his wife to raise Peter and his brother and sister. He left school at the age of thirteen to serve as a page. It was here that he had the opportunity to copy prints from artist such as Durer and Holbein. He began formal classes in 1591 with Adam van Noort in his studio. He then moved onto being an apprentice to Otto van Veen. Van Veen had notable influence upon Rubens’ early style. Van Veen was also a member of the Romanists, a group of Flemish painters who studied in Italy. This group brought the influences of Renaissance painters such as Michelangelo and Raphael into their paintings. By 1598 he had been admitted into the Guild of St. Luke which allowed him to obtain his own studio. rubens, paintings, van, painting, marriage, life, two, love, baroque, veen, successful, st, shows, peter, over, left, jan, helena, flemish, first, after, upon, throughout, tapestry, studio, series, said, right, renaissance, portraiture, paul, patron, painters