Artist
Jan Pauwel Gillemans
Jan Pauwel Gillemans is a Flemish Baroque painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Dutch still-life painter Jan Pauwel Gillemans filled ornate frames with overflowing piles of grapes, peaches, and plums, their skins catching light next to cooler silver platters. In “Garland of Fruit Surrounding a Cartouche Opening onto a Landscape,” he stacks colors so thick you can almost smell the sweetness. Look for the tiny opening that tricks your eye into a distant view—an early trick artists used to surprise the viewer. Tap the painted grapes to see how the painter hid his brushwork behind juicy detail.
Works by Jan Pauwel Gillemans
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.