Bonaventura Peeters
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Bonaventura Peeters (Antwerp, 23 July 1614–Hoboken (Antwerp), 25 July 1652) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in seascapes and shipwrecks, known as Zeekens (small seascapes).[1][2] This tradition developed simultaneously in Flemish painting and in Dutch Golden Age painting, with many artists, including Peeters, working in both Antwerp and in the Dutch Republic.[1] Peeters became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1607–1608, and his earlier works are related to the tonal phase of Dutch landscape painting.[1] Later paintings, however, reflect the stronger colors of Italianate classicism.[1] This shift follows the general changes in artistic style at the time.[2] Dramatic shipwrecks form a significant part of his oeuvre, as do serene ports and "portraits" of ships.[1][2] Also, while many of Peeters's paintings reflect actual locations, and he may have even travelled along the coast of Scandinavia, his many views of far-away Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ports reflect a growing taste for the exotic and are probably inspired from fantasy and from prints.[1][2]
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- Margarita Russell, "Peeters, Bonaventura, I," Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, [accessed November 11, 2007].
- Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300070381
