Georg Flegel
It's Monday, so raising our spirits with something beautiful and tasty is good!
Georg Flegel was a German painter, best known for his still-life works. From around 1600 to 1630 he produced 110 watercolor and oil pictures, mostly still-life images that often depicted tables set for meals and covered with food, flowers, and the occasional animal. Today we present one of his sketches, where reflected light of a window glistens on the cherries. Of the 110 similar sheets once held in Berlin, only 79 survived the war. This cache of drawings offered the still-life painter Flegel an invaluable trove of references for his work—and likely served as a collection of samples for his clients as well. Flegel may have seen himself as a distant heir to Dürer, celebrated as the first artist to observe and faithfully depict the world.
Have a great Monday, everyone!
Don't forget to check out our beautiful sets dedicated to nature in art: Flowers in Art and Food & Drinks! :)
P.S. Botanical illustration is an artistic practice as old as art itself. Meet 5 artists who mastered botanical illustration!