The Lost Castle Landscape of Teacher Flemish is Rediscovered –

The castle landscape on the lake, drawn by the old Flemish master Abel Grimmer (c. 1570-1618/19), has been rediscovered by auction houses Woolley and Wallis. The peasant landscape near the lakeside castle purchased from the Brussels Gallery in 1935 is an oil painting on canvas paintings, which are the families of today’s owners, but they don’t know who made it. They only found Abel Grimmer’s rare real work when he sent the pictures to the auction house for evaluation.

Painting expert Victor Fauvelle initially worked from photographs.

“Abel Grimmer’s real work is rare, usually a copy. When looking at the photos first, the composition seems to be a typical feature of Abel Grimmer, but we don’t want it to be real because his work is very rare. For further research, we head to the National Library of Art in London V&A through the catalog of Abel Grimmer and his father Jacob Grimmer (1526-1590) (also an artist) (also an artist).”

To please the department, the pictures discussed are detailed in the catalog Raisonné and the description is perfectly described. When the client brings pictures, Victor can immediately tell that this is the period work from the painted surface, which was the “clear glow” of the late Renaissance painting period.

Abel Grimmer is the son of landscape artist Jacob Grimmer. Art historian Giorgio Vasari believes that Jacob is one of the greatest landscape painters of his time. Jacob was also known for producing cheap works by the elders of Pieter Bruegel, and his son was also strongly influenced by Bruegel. Brueghel’s The Harvesters is a series of six groups that depict people working in different seasons of fieldwork, inspiring the naturalism of the landscape and the realistic poses of people in Abel Grimmer’s landscape.

Abel’s landscape often depicts farmers working or leisure activities in the Flemish countryside, and the newly discovered works are a great example of his style.

Abel Grimmer was an important figure in the development of Flanderian landscape painting. His atmospheric work skillfully incorporates detailed natural elements, usually in rural settings, with a focus on seasonal changes, which is indeed innovative for his time. A keen understanding of light and color makes the painting realistic and profound. Abel Grimmer’s new approach to landscape composition marks a transition from medieval, more symbolic description of nature to a more observant and naturalistic approach.

The work was conducted on March 5 under the hammer of Old Masters, UK and European painting sales in Woolley and Wallis, with pre-sales estimated at £15,000 to £20,000 ($19,000-$25,000).