Herkules Pietersz Seghers

Japanese: セーヘルス - せーへるす(英語表記)Herkules Pietersz Seghers
Herkules Pietersz Seghers

Dutch painter and printmaker. Born in Haarlem. A pupil of the landscape painter Gillis van Coninxloo (1544-1607). Following his teacher's example, he painted Dutch landscapes with low horizons and flat landscapes in the distance, using delicate and deep nuanced colours, but also showed a distinctive style of fantastical landscapes with mountain motifs. He is particularly famous for his approximately 60 copperplate prints of fantastical landscapes, which are said to have inspired Rembrandt. In printmaking, he is said to have been the first to try the method of colour printing copperplate prints onto cloth, and the aquatint technique. However, his unusual style and technical experiments were not understood by his contemporaries, and he is said to have died in poverty in The Hague.

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Japanese:

オランダの画家、版画家。ハーレムに生まれる。風景画家コニンクスローGillis van Coninxloo(1544―1607)の弟子。師に倣って地平線の低い平坦(へいたん)で遠望をもつオランダの風景を、繊細で深いニュアンスのある色彩を用いて描いたほか、山岳をモチーフとした空想的な風景画に特色を示した。とくに有名なのは約60点に上る銅版画による幻想的な風景画で、これらはレンブラントに刺激を与えたといわれる。版画では、銅版画を布の上に色刷りにする方法や、アクアチント技法を初めて試みたとされている。しかしその風変わりな画風と技法上の実験は同時代には理解されず、貧困のうちにハーグで没したと伝えられている。

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