Willem Ormea
Willem Ormea (1611–1673) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his still lifes of subjects such as fish.
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Willem Ormea
Willem Ormea · Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5103716 · Public domain
- Born
- 1611 · Utrecht.
- Died
- 1673 · Utrecht.
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Still Life with Fish
- Languages
- Dutch
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Willem Ormea (1611–1673) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his still lifes of subjects such as fish.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht. Works named in the authority record are Still Life with Fish. Work by Willem Ormea is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum, Rijksmuseum, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and Hepworth Wakefield.
Willem was the son of the painter Marcus Ormea and Johanna van Gladbeck. He was born in Utrecht in 1611, and probably learnt the art of painting from his father. He was active in Utrecht between 1634 and 1673, surviving works dating from 1634 to 1658. In 1638, he gave the Hospital of St. Hiob a painting of various types of fish. He was a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1665. He married Johanna van Veen. His paintings were mainly of animals, marine and still lifes with fish, sometimes in harbours. Together with his father, he is considered the founder of the still life movement in Utrecht. He collaborated with Adam Willaerts and was influenced by JB Wijtvelt. He had Jacob Gillig as a pupil.
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• Illustration — Still life with fish, 1638 • Illustration — With Abraham Willaerts: Fish still life with stormy sea, 1636 • Illustration — Still life with a basket of sole, 1646 • Illustration — Fish still life on a shore
Fish Still Life with Stormy Sea, a Dutch Golden Age painting combining maritime painting with the Dutch still life
Willem Ormea / Abraham Willaerts · Kunsthaus Lempertz
Willem Ormea - Vissen stilleven op een strand
Willem Ormea · Stockholms Auktionsverket (2006) via ARCADJA auction results
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- 1.Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
- 2.Marcus Ormea (1578-1636) en Willem Ormea (1611-1673))
- 3.De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders
- 4.Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden
- 5.Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life
- 6.Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Willem Ormea. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie. 2013.
- Johannes Immerzeel. De levens en werken der hollandsche en vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters. I. 283. 1848.
- J.J. van Brederode. Biografisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden. XIV°. 206. 1867.
- Sheila D. Muller. Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia. 366–402. 1997. 0-8153-0065-4.
- Albany Institute of History and Art. Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life. I. 50–72. 2002. 0-8156-0747-4.
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