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VERMEER

JOHANNES VERMEER.

Vermeer was born in the city of Delft (Netherlands) in 1632, lived his entire life in the Netherlands until his death in 1675.

When these wonders we see today is incredible that the Dutch Baroque painter fell into obscurity during the eighteenth century. It was a French art critic who discovered it in the nineteenth century and today is one of the most recognized and admired painters.

Vermeer's works, we illustrate the reality of the rich and opulent seventeenth century Holland, where, thanks to trade, was at the peak of its colonial empire. Except in two cases in which the painter shows two exterior views (including one presented herein), the majority of his works are either portraits or scenes inside the halls of the Dutch bourgeoisie.

The compositional scheme is repeated: a window on the left side lets in natural light and between rich furnishings, clothing and jewelry they operate one or two characters, predominantly female.

The protagonist is always the woman, treated in a very delicate, detailed and sensual. She laughs, sleep, sew or work, provided bathed in an evocative and highly filtered light that plays with light and dark. The lady is usually dressed in very rich clothes, wearing jewelry and carefully combed. Represented inside explodes in details such as lamps, furniture, tapestries, paintings, maps, floor tiles, etc.

Despite the presence of characters, what really matters to Vermeer is space and light. The characters are accessories.

Vermeer thus became the painter of intimacy, of what is collected and calm, as quiet and suggestive. Its light is magic: golden and sensual, it gets to emphasize the atmosphere and air, with a little imagination we could see the specks of dust floating in the light visible side of the window.

The contemporary of Vermeer, which we like so much today is because their oils do not tell us anything, we should not guess or interpret stories, only images is presented, or mythology, or religion or literature, only immediate images, almost "television" and so we, seduced by a culture of immediate images, we are intrigued by these pictures automatically.

When exterior paints (only two) Vermeer boasts an early impressionism, capturing the light and air as would two centuries later the French Impressionists.

Needless to say, these impressionists deeply admired Vermeer, so for example, Renoir says in his painting "The Lacemaker" which is one of the best fabrics in the Louvre.

As for Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo referring to Vermeer: \u200b\u200b"The palette of this strange artist understands the blue, yellow, light gray, black, white .... ... with special taste and an unerring sense of composition. "