Sanguine / Bloedrood

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    During the cultural city festival Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens Inspires, the M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, juxtaposes the spirit of the baroque masters with the vision of contemporary top artists. With the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood (Blood Red), curator Luc Tuymans aims to overwhelm the visitor by placing key works from the baroque of, among others, Francisco de Zurbarán and Caravaggio, in dialogue with works by classical contemporary masters, such as On Kawara and Edward Kienholz, as well as new works by contemporary stars such as Zhang Enli, Takashi Murakami, Michaël Borremans, Sigmar Polke and Tobias Rheberger. 

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    Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque

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    Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen; KMSKA © www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, foto Hugo Maertens
    De schilder Marten Pepijn
    Anthony van Dyck
    Painting , 56.0 x 72.0 cm
    oil on panel

    Marten Pepijn (1575-1643) was an Antwerp painter who worked in the style of Rubens. In 1600 he had become a freemaster. This painting must have been executed during the last months of 1632, as van Dyck left for England at the beginning of April of that year. Marten Pepijn is presented in modest black clothes against a brown background. This makes his face even more impressive. His shiny forehead, thin pepper-and-salt hair, his choppy beard and lively gaze are painted very smoothly and lifelike. The painting was enlarged several times. This is visible, for example, just above van Dyck's signature.

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