#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters 1580 or 1607 to 1621
Flemish painter in Baroque style
painted during Dutch Golden Age pic.twitter.com/Q2ML1tV2XU— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
signed only 31 paintings, so those are the only ones attributed to her without disagreement among art critics pic.twitter.com/hUnjz9JZIx— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
All of her works are still lifes, and all are titled Still Life, with (followed by some of the elements in the painting, such as cheese, pretzel, fish, etc) pic.twitter.com/umvj53AWOE— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/pT4fPExXI0
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Both “Clara” and “Peeters” are such common names during this region during the period she painted that it is impossible to discover with certainty details about her lifeStill LIfe with Fish and Cat pic.twitter.com/CK8Mm0M9VK
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Her only signed paintings are dated from 1607-1621Still Life with Fish, Oysters, Lobster, and Cat pic.twitter.com/Mf6QyHmS1r
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Peeters is the earliest significant female painter of the Dutch Golden AgeStill Life with Fruit, Songbirds, and Monkey pic.twitter.com/JwE97ER0D2
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
No uncontested paintings (not signed or dated) after the marriage of a “Clara Peeters” in the region during her lifetimeStill Life with Duck, Songbirds, and Shells pic.twitter.com/rhJJnaChuc
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Peeters was one of the earliest painters of still life and flower arrangements when the genre was still newStill Life with Pie and Olives pic.twitter.com/wqUZByGteF
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
The elaborately designed “signed knife” in this painting appears in at least two other paintings signed by CP pic.twitter.com/UAgxwWRzFu— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
By 1607 (date of first signed painting), Peeters was already an accomplished painter with great skill pic.twitter.com/kjoN8ztk8G— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Peeters is known for her “meticulous brushwork, low perspective, and sophisticated arrangement” of objects in still lifeStill Life with Pretzel
(critics think the P-shaped pretzel may be for “Peeters”)
(artist’s image reflected in base of candle) pic.twitter.com/SrD4DgXqvk— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
miniature self-portrait reflected in metal jugStill Life with Fruit, Flowers, Nuts, and Pretzels pic.twitter.com/OfFYY6qBGw
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Critics admire her ability to distinguish among cheese textures
(miniature self-portrait in lid of orange jug) pic.twitter.com/OrrEYDlFfL— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
detail of miniature self-portrait in lid of orange jug, from previous painting pic.twitter.com/GMUnMzMYck— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/zWfgAzHXPM
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/8jS4T3WDRp
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
miniature self-portrait in embossing on cup pic.twitter.com/VNCzY9rD3A— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
detail of miniature self-portrait in embossing on cup, from previous painting (artist is at her easel) pic.twitter.com/gdkQzw5qBX— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/BtnOmtvOPt
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/fH1EzSW9V6
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/MJ8xbWg6w5
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/qJ8FYjglvT
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/w06vfgPUzm
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/ilwnbrpC3B
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters pic.twitter.com/ek4gcXSG3j
— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Still Life with Flowers, Dried Fruit, Nuts, and Pretzels pic.twitter.com/gWma0WqeYb— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
and here’s the print of Peeters’ Still Life with Flowers, Dried Fruit, Nuts, and Pretzels that you can buy from Walmart… pic.twitter.com/zCv8JBewca— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
#ArtSaturday Clara Peeters
Nothing else is known about her life. Most of the paintings supposed to be by Peeters are contested because they are unsignedVanitas with Lady
(probably a self-portrait since none of her signed works feature figures or sitters) pic.twitter.com/Ue1AIgsffb— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) February 10, 2018
