Wouter Abts

Wouter Abts (in French, Gautier Abts) was born at Lier, near Antwerp, possibly in 1582.[1] He was a pupil of Willem de Vos (Guillaume de Vos in French).[2] Little is known about his life.[3] He was admitted as a master to the Guild at Antwerp in 1604-5; and he died in 1642-43. He mainly painted genre pieces, but a winter landscape has been attributed to him.[4] He taught Adrian de Bie and Lenaert Coomans.[5]

References

  1. Meyer, Julius (1872). Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, Vol 1. W. Engelmann. pp. 35–36.
  2. "Wouter Abts, alias: Gautier Abs / Aps / Apts". Ecartico. University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. Kramm, Christiann. "De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd". DBNL. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "Wouter Abts". RDK Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. Bryan,1886-9

Sources

This article incorporates text from the article "ABTS, Wouter" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.


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