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Willem (or Guilliam) de Heusch (c. 16259 March 1692 (buried)) was a Dutch
His pictures are signed with the full name, beginning with a monogram combining a G (for Guilliam or Guglielmo), D and H Heusch's etchings, of which thirteen are known, are also in the character of those of Both.
Although the style of Heusch is identical with that of Both, it may be that the two masters during their travels in
Willem (or Guilliam) de Heusch (c. 16259 March 1692 (buried)) was a Dutch landscape painter
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a cohe ...
and engraver.Trudy van Zadelhoff. "Heusch, Willem de." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 7 June 2016
Life
Very little is known about de Heusch's life and training. De Heusch was born and died inUtrecht
Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...
. He likely studied with Jan Both as he later painted entirely in Both's style.
Nothing certain is recorded of him except that he presided over the gild of Utrecht, whilst Cornelis Poelenburg
Cornelis van Poelenburgh or Cornelis van Poelenburch (1594 – 12 August 1667),Cornelis van Poelenburch
...
, Jan Both and ...
Jan Weenix
Jan Weenix or Joannis Wenix (between 1641/164919 September 1719 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. He was trained by his father, Jan Baptist Weenix, together with his cousin Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Like his father, he painted various subjects, but ...
formed the council of that body, in 1649.
One pupil of de Heusch in Utrecht was his nephew, Jacob de Heusch
Jacob de Heusch (November 23, 1656 (bapt.) - May 8, 1701), was a Dutch painter. He was Willem de Heusch's nephew, signing like his uncle, with an initial monogram combining J, D, and H (substituting an initial J for the initial G of his uncle's ...
.
Work
His pictures are signed with the full name, beginning with a monogram combining a G (for Guilliam or Guglielmo), D and H Heusch's etchings, of which thirteen are known, are also in the character of those of Both.
Although the style of Heusch is identical with that of Both, it may be that the two masters during their travels in Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
fell under the influence of Claude Lorraine
Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in I ...
, whose Arcadian art they imitated. Heusch certainly painted the same effects of evening in wide expanses of country varied by rock formations and lofty thin-leaved arborescence as Both.
There is little to distinguish one master from the other, except that of the two Both is perhaps the more delicate colourist. The gild of Utrecht in the middle of the 17th century was composed of artists who clung faithfully to each other. Poelemburg, who painted figures for Jan Both, did the same duty for Heusch. Sometimes Heusch sketched landscapes for the battlepieces of Molenaer.
The most important examples of Heusch are in the galleries of The Hague
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and Rotterdam
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, in the Belvedere
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at Vienna, the Städel
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in Frankfurt, the Louvre
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and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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