Exposición: El arte de Clara Peeters

Alejandro Vergara, Chief Curator of Flemish and Northern School Painting, comments on the exhibition "The Art of Clara Peeters" Clara Peeters was a pioneer in still life painting and one of the few women who worked as painters in the early modern period. She worked in Antwerp, and her first dated work is from 1607. Around 40 of her works are known today. Clara Peeters' paintings are elegant and precise. They are also enigmatic: what did a porcelain vase of the type seen in these still lifes mean to someone around 1610? And an artichoke or a seashell? This exhibition aims to answer these questions and highlight the achievements of this little-known but extraordinary artist. Subtitles in English and Spanish Alejandro Vergara, Chief Curator of Flemish and Northern School Painting, comments on the exhibition "The Art of Clara Peeters". Clara Peeters was a pioneer in the field of still life painting, and one of the few women painters active in Early Modern Europe. She worked in Antwerp, and her first dated painting is from 1607. Approximately forty paintings by her are known today. The paintings of Clara Peeters are elegant and precise. They are also enigmatic. What did a porcelain vessel of the type that we see in these still lives mean to someone around 1610? And an artichoke or a sea shell? The goal of this exhibition is to answer these questions, and to highlight the achievements of this little known but extraordinary artist. Spanish and english subtitles available National Prado Museum 10/25/2016 - 02/19/2017