Regional art flourished in the heyday of Dutch merchants. Art collectors designed their parlors in modern chic. The walls were covered with the finest woven fabrics and the hitherto popular Italian paintings with their large formats had to give way. Small paintings in muted colors enjoyed great popularity. Adriaen van Ostade, like no other, managed to stand out from the artists in the painting cabinets. Motives of peasant life, tavern scenes and carefree dance. His motives were accompanied by a conscience wit, profound wit and partly with a touch of naivety. His work includes a large number of oil paintings and etchings, which testify despite the extent of the great skill of the painter.
In later years Ostade was increasingly influenced by Rembrandt's paintings. Adrien van Ostade took over from the great role model the first attempts of representing between light and dark. Capturing scenes lit by individual light sources and incorporating the chiaroscuro are imposing to the painter. The Flemish painter Adraien Brouer impressed the young Ostade since the visit of the art school. Brouer liked to keep a mirror in the company and often criticized his work. Ostade picked up this thread and shows the state of society. The talent and the ability to take a position brought him recognition, also in material terms.
Art connoisseurs accuse Adrien van Ostade about 800 works. Economic hardship led to the destruction of large collections of his works. Individual pieces are now in Dutch museums and adorn the ranks of the great masters. The artist himself found his home in faith and converted to Catholicism. At almost fifty, the artist found happiness in a second marriage and became the father of a daughter. When the artist died in 1685, more than 200 of his own works were in his possession. However, there were many paintings by other artists in the Dutch collection that left an impressive artistic spectrum for posterity.
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.jpg "Dutch peasant tavern by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Pen sketches of tavern scenes by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
 - (MeisterDrucke-70362).jpg "A Peasant Holding a Jug and a Pipe, c.1650-55 (oil on oak panel) by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "A spectacle pedlar showing his wares to an old woman by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Drunk peasants in a tavern by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Dutch funfair by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Interior with Drinking Figures and Crying Children by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Three Peasants Drinking and Smoking in an Interior by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Baker Sounding His Horn, c.1670 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Old Peasant Woman Holding a Jug, c.1643 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The Dance in the Inn, 1652. by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Two Smokers in an Interior, 1643 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The musician by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Three Boors Drinking and Smoking in a Tavern by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Three Drinking and Smoking Farmers in a Tavern, 1666-67 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Violin Player and Drinking Farmers in a Tavern, 1663 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Peasants Smoking and Feasting Outside a Tavern, 1676 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "A Barn Interior with a Jester Regaling his Companions, c.1632 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The Flute Player, 17th century by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The Itinerant Musician, 17th century by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Man Leaning on His Door, c.1672 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "A Fight by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Dutch farming family by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Village inn by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Company of Peasants in a Tavern, ca 1675 by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "An Alchemist, 1661. by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Landscape with Riders by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Lawyer in his Study by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The bowlers by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "Man and Woman Conversing. by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
.jpg "The Spinner. by Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade")
