Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings.
Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work.
Vermeer painted mostly domestic interior scenes. "Almost all his paintings are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women." (Wikipedia)
October 31, 1632 - Delft, Netherlands - Johannes Vermeer is born
October 1(?), 1652 - Delft - After his father's death, Vermeer assumes his family's art business =(START)
April 1(?), 1653 - Schipluiden - Vermeer marries Catharina Bolnes, a catholic girl
December 29, 1653 - Delft - Vermeer becomes a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, a trade association for painters
January(?) 1(?), 1657 - Delft - Vermeer finds a patron in art collector Pieter van Ruijven
January(?) 1(?), 1662 - Delft - Vermeer becomes the leader of the Guild of Saint Luke
January(?) 1(?), 1672 - Delft - Vermeer's life worsens in result of the economic disaster brought by the french invasion of the Netherlands - "Year of Disaster"
January(?) 1(?), 1674 - Delft - Vermeer is listed as a member of the Civic Guards
August 1, 1675 - Amsterdam - Vermeer borrows 1.000 guilders in Amsterdam from Jacob Romboutsz, a Silk trader
August 5(?), 1675 - Delft - Back in Delft
December 15, 1675 - Delft - Johannes Vermeer dies after a short illness =(END)
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