short biography

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Pieter Brueghel d. Ä., Bauernbruegel, born between 1525 and 1530 in Breugel near Breda, died 1569 Brussels) was a painter and draftsman who revolutionized painting. He created moral pictures, allegories and scenes of peasant everyday life and expresses himself in his works as a storyteller, satirist and social critic. Worldwide, the artist is attributed about 40 paintings, 60 drawings and 80 graphics. His sons are Pieter Bruegel the Younger (hellbruegel) and Jan Bruegel the Elder (flower and velvet Bruegel).

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collection/s

Alte Pinakothek, München Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto ° Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Courtauld, London DIA Detroit Institute of Arts Hamburger Kunsthalle Harvard Art Museums — Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, Arthur M. Sackler, Carpenter ° Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt Kulturforum Berlin/Gemäldegalerie/Kunstbibliothek/Kupferstichkabinett ' Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museo del Prado, Madrid Museo di Capodimonte, Naples Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (closed for renovation) National Gallery of Art, Washington ° National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Royal Academy of Arts, London Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels Rubenshaus Antwerp Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Am Römerholz, Winterthur Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
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related

Jan Bruegel der Ältere,  Jan Bruegel der Jüngere,  Pieter Bruegel der Jüngere 
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