Rogier van der Weyden

Japanese: ファン･デル･ウェイデン（英語表記）Rogier van der Weyden

1399 or 1400-64
Flemish painter. Born in Tournai, died in Brussels. Along with Jan van Eyck, he was a master of Flemish painting in the first half of the 15th century. In contrast to Jan's clear realism, his style, characterized by a profound composition reminiscent of a group of wooden figures and the expression of honest emotions such as tears, had a greater influence on later Flemish and northern painting in general than Jan's. In May 1427, he entered the workshop of the Tournai painter Campin (probably a painter in Flemalle), and in August 1432 he became his master. By 1436 he was already known as the "city painter" of Brussels.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1399か1400‐64
フランドルの画家。トゥルネーに生まれ，ブリュッセルに没。ヤン･ファン･アイクと並ぶ15世紀前半フランドル絵画の巨匠で，ヤンの透徹した写実に対し，木彫群像を思わせる重厚な構図と涙など真率な感情の表現を特色とする画風は，後世のフランドルないし北方一般の絵画にヤンよりも大きな影響を及ぼした。1427年5月トゥルネーの画家カンピン(おそらくフレマールの画家)の工房に入門，32年8月親方となり，36年にはすでにブリュッセルの〈市の画家〉と呼ばれた。

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