Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525 – September 9, 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting).
He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.
There are records that he was born in Breda, Netherlands, but it is uncertain whether the Dutch town of Breda or the Belgian town of Bree, called Breda in Latin, is meant. He was an apprentice of Pieter Coecke van Aelst, whose daughter Mayken he later married. He spent some time in France and Italy, and then went to Antwerp, where in 1551 he was accepted as a master in the painter's guild.
In Bruegel's later years he painted in a simpler style than the Italianate art that prevailed in his time. The most obvious influence on his art is the older Dutch master Hieronymus Bosch, particularly in Bruegel's early "demonological" paintings such as The Triumph of Death and Dulle Griet (Mad Meg).
Bruegel specialized in landscapes populated by peasants. He is often credited as being the first Western painter to paint landscapes for their own sake, rather than as a backdrop for history painting. - wikipedia
Children's Games Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Dimensions: 118 x 161 cm Date: 1560 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Dulle Griet Mad Meg c 1562 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp Dimensions: 117.4 x 162 cm Date: c. 1562 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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Gloomy Day 1565 Movement: Northern Renaissance Date: 1565 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Dimensions: 73.5 x 112 cm Date: c. 1558 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Peasant wedding c 1568 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Dimensions: 114 x 164 cm (45 x 64 1/2 in.) Date: c. 1568 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Storm at Sea Movement: Northern Renaissance Date: 1569 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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The Adoration of the Kings 1564 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: The National Gallery, London Dimensions: 111 x 83.5 cm Date: 1564 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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The Bay of Naples Movement: Northern Renaissance Date: 1556 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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The Beggars 1568 Movement: Northern Renaissance Date: 1568 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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The Birdtrap 1565 Movement: Northern Renaissance Date: 1565 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Dimensions: 118 x 164.5 cm Date: 1559 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
The Harvesters 1565 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dimensions: 46 1/2 x 63 1/4 in. (118.1 x 160.7 cm) Date: 1565 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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The Hunters in the Snow 1565 Movement: Northern Renaissance Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Dimensions: 117 x 162 cm Date: 1565 Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder