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style of art:
media:
two interesting facts about him:

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Answer 1

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Style of art : naturalistic with much use of chiaroscuro

Media : Mostly oil on canvas, but around 2000 drawings and nearly 400 etchings also exist

Two interesting facts :

1. His most famous painting "The Night Watch" is actually called "The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq" and depicts a scene in broad daylight. It was called "The Nightwatch" when it was seen by Joshua Reynolds because it was so dirty the scene looked like night.

2. Rembrandt outlived both Saskia (his wife), Hendrijke (his common-law wife) and his only child who survived to adulthood, Titus.

Answer 2

Rembrandt's style (Baroque roughly speaking)

Early period

The style of his earliest paintings, executed in the 1620s, shows the influence of his teacher, Pieter Lastman, in the choice of dramatic subjects, crowded compositional arrangements, and emphatic contrasts of light and shadow.

Middle Period
Many of Rembrandt's paintings of the 1640s show the influence of classicism in style and spirit. A 1640 self-portrait (National Gallery, London), based on works by the Italian Renaissance artists Raphael and Titian, reflects his assimilation of classicism both in formal organization and in his expression of inner calm. In the Portrait of the Mennonite Preacher Anslo and His Wife (1641, Staatliche Museen, Berlin-Dahlem), quieter in feeling than his earlier work, the interplay between the figures is masterfully rendered; the preacher speaks, perhaps explaining a biblical passage to his wife, who quietly listens. A number of Rembrandt's other works depict dialogues and, like this one, represent one specific moment. In the moving Supper at Emmaus (1648, Louvre), Rembrandt's use of light immediately conveys the meaning of the scene.

Late Period
Rembrandt's greatest paintings were created during the last two decades of his life. Baroque drama, outward splendor, and superficial details no longer mattered to him. His self-portraits, portrayals of single figures and groups, and historical and religious works reveal a concern with mood and with spiritual qualities. His palette grew richly coloristic and his brushwork became increasingly bold; he built thick impastos that seem miraculously to float over the canvas.

His paintings are characterized by luxuriant brushwork, rich colour, and a mastery of chiaroscuro. Numerous portraits and self-portraits exhibit a profound penetration of character. His drawings constitute a vivid record of contemporary Amsterdam life.

2. Rembrandt painted in oils on both wood and canvas. He etched, drew and printed.

On his etching.
"What was really outstanding about this artist was a very curious way he invented of etching in copper; it was wholly his own and never again used by others, nor again seen, with certain strokes and irregular stretches, without outlines, fully highlighting a deep chiaroscuro of great vigour. Let the truth be known: in the art of etching Rembrandt was much more praised by the professors of art than for his paintings, where it appears he was more fortunate than excellent. In his etchings he used to mark the word Rembrandt with badly composed, formless and scrambled letters."

wrote Filippo Baldinucci

On his painting.
Élie Faure, the French art critic and historian, wrote this of Rembrandt and his work: 'His humanity is truly formidable, it is fatal like lament, love; change continues, indifferent and dramatic, between all that is born and all that dies. He follows our steps to death in the traces of blood which mark them. He does not pity us, he does not comfort us, because he is with us, because he is us.' *

Two facts about the artist.

Rembrandt produced 600 paintings, about 300 etchings, and nearly 2,000 drawings during his lifetime.

He was not just an artist he was also an art collector.

Answer 3

Style of art is: Known for his chiaroscuro technique (use of light and dark).

Basically, he did portraits (self & others), landscapes, historical, biblical and mythological works. He was truly a master painter.

Media is: oil paintings, etchings and drawings

Answer 4

Dutch

Answer 5

Abstract art