Georg Flegel

Georg Flegel (1566 – 23 March 1638) was a German painter, best known for his still-life works.

Self-portrait with hourglass, 1630

Biography
Still life with Spanish iris, morning glory, and cherries by Georg Flegel

Flegel was born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Moravia. Around 1580 he moved to Vienna, where he became an assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch I, a painter and draughtsman. Flegel and his employer later moved to Frankfurt, which at the time was an important art-dealing city. As an assistant, he inserted items such as fruit, flowers, and table utensils into Valckenborch's works.

He is probably the same person Kramm found in Utrecht as ‘juriaen vlegel, Constschilder.’ in the "Protokol" of the notary (or real estate agent) Verduyn, noted as "Acte van 21 Maart, 1616".[1] If so, then he probably moved there because of the new Utrecht Guild of St. Luke and probably knew other still-life painters active there in that period, such as Roelandt Savery (who had made a trip to Tyrol) and Balthasar van der Ast.

According to the RKD he was pupil of Lucas van Valckenborch in Linz during 1582–1592.[2] In a period of about 30 years (c. 1600–1630), he produced 110 watercolor and oil pictures, mostly still-life images which often depicted tables set for meals and covered with food, flowers and the occasional animal. Among his students were his own two sons, Friedrich (1596/1597–1616) and Jacob (probably Leonhard, 1602–1623), as well as the flower artist Jacob Marrel.

Flegel died in 1638 in Frankfurt-am-Main.

  • Paintings
  • Still Life with Bread, Haselnuts, Seafood and Apples
    Still Life with Bread, Haselnuts, Seafood and Apples
  • Still Life with parrot
    Still Life with parrot
  • Still Life with Cherries
    Still Life with Cherries
  • Snack with Fried Eggs
    Snack with Fried Eggs
  • The big Breakfast
    The big Breakfast
  • Still Life with waffles
    Still Life with waffles
  • Still Life with Bread and Confectionery
    Still Life with Bread and Confectionery
  • Still Life with Dates and Cherries
    Still Life with Dates and Cherries
  • Small birds and roasted chestnuts
    Small birds and roasted chestnuts
  • Still Life with lobster
    Still Life with lobster
  • Still Life with candy
    Still Life with candy
  • Dessert Still Life
    Dessert Still Life
  • Still Life with herring
    Still Life with herring
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See also

References
  1. Biography in Christiaan Kramm's De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd., Gebroeders Diederichs, Amsterdam, 1857-1864
  2. Georg Flegel in the RKD
  • Anne-Dore Ketelsen-Volkhardt: Georg Flegel. 1566 - 1638. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-06378-1
  • Kurt Wettengl: Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben : [Publikation zur Ausstellung "Georg Flegel (1566 - 1638), Stilleben" des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main in Zusammenarbeit mit der Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt vom 18. Dezember bis 13. Februar 1994]. Hatje, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7757-0472-8
  • Parrots in still life painting (in German)
  • 1 artwork by or after Georg Flegel at the Art UK site
  • Georg Flegel on Artnet
  • Georg Flegel in Slovak National Gallery
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