Hubert van Eyck Northern Renaissance Artist

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Hubert van Eyck also known as Magister Hubertus

1385 – 1426

Northern Renaissance Early Netherlandish, Antwerp School Painter

Stylistically influenced by the following painter - Rogier van der Weyden

Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb by Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck c.1434 Oil on wooden panel at the National Gallery, London

When Hubert van Eyck along with his brother Jan, arrived in Bruges at the beginning of the fifteenth century they revolutionized painting with their refinements to oil painting formulas and techniques. During the time of Hubert van Eyck the culture and the art of painting, was becoming more important to the people of Flanders. Manuscript illuminators laboring in the scriptoriums of the great monastic houses were the first artists of the region. Painters such as Hubert were greatly influenced by those creative monks. Flemish painting begins with the divine splendour of brothers, Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck.

During his lifetime Hubert van Eyck was the most celebrated painter of the brothers. His visually stimulating and deeply thoughtful painting style inspired generations of artists. The Ghent altar-piece was began by Hubert and finished by Jan. Hubert painted from real life in natural light. He gave his compositions true perspective and depicted realistic background landscapes. His figures are rendered in realistic detail with remarkable technical precision.

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