58-61. Therefore, he is the contributor of El Escorial Art School. Gersht's painterly image, "Pomegranate," almost looks like the 17th century original by Juan Sánchez Cotán that it is based on. 1602. Introducing Juan Sanchez Cotan. The Spanish term bodega is a pretty movable term and can mean pantry, grocery, or cellar. Near the end of the 16th century, still life […] At that time Juan Sánchez Cotán was the student who eagerly wanted to get knowledge from the prominent still-life (bodegones) painter Blas del Prado. It may be an overstatement to say that Juan Sánchez Cotán changed the history of art with his 1602 “Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber,” but not much of one. His drawings style is determined as one of rigorous naturalism. Cotán was a contemporary of El Greco [1] who met with success as a painter in Toledo. Though he had his own workshop where he also painted devotional pieces, he is best known for his still-lifes. The work of John Clem Clarke differs from that of any other artist represented in this exhibition. It’s remarkable that one of the most famous painters of the Spanish Golden Age has only six existing works after shaping Spanish still life painting for nearly a century. Brussels. A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) Juán Sanchez Cotán (1560- 1627) is known for being one of the first still life painters in Europe. His subject is not a snapshot of contemporary life but a photograph of a famous still-life painting by Juan Sánchez Cotán (ca. From Orgaz, near Toledo, Spain, Juan Sanchez Cotán has an ongoing reputation for chiaroscuro still-life painting, although he also did primarily religious subjects after 1604, when he became a monk in the Carthusian monastery at Granada. These… From the exhibition Still Life: 1970s Photorealism:. Still-life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber (Juan Sánchez Cotán, ca. Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit 1602. The biography of Juan Sánchez Cotán is embraced by mysticism as well as visual harmony since the highbrow life in Toledo was under the influence of Catholic mysticism. Bozar sheds some light on Spanish Still Life and reminds us how close still life is to Duchampian ready made and contemporary object based art. Juan Sánchez Cotán, Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, ca. Sánchez Cotán might have been a disciple of Blas de Prado, painter who enjoyed the distinction of being the first documented Spanish still life artist, though works in this genre have yet to be located. The painting above is by Juan Sanchez Cotan, who was active in the late sixteenth century in Spain. Almost, until the image starts to move. Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, 1602, (San Diego Museum of Art) by Juan Sánchez Cotán (June 25, 1560 – September 8, 1627) was a Spanish painter, now famous for being a pioneer of a Spanish form of still life painting which is also called bodegón. Juan Sánchez Cotán (June 25, 1560 – September 8, 1627) was a Spanish Baroque painter, a pioneer of realism in Spain.His still lifes—also called bodegones—were painted in an austere style, especially when compared to similar works in the Netherlands and Italy. His works cannot be evaluated as just of the primitive tenderness and appeasable rhythm since his art history reports on his still-life manner. Many of Gersht's works incorporate traces of his childhood in Tel Aviv with their explosive climaxes that acknowledge the violence of the modern world. Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Museo del Prado Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado, Un mecenas póstumo: el legado Villaescusa, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1993, pp. www.TheSanDiegoMuseumofArt.org Video produced by Balboa Park Online Collaborative Though he had his own workshop where he also painted devotional pieces, he … The subject is a collection of fruit and vegetables arranged in a shallow space, which might be a canterara, a kind of larder, in a Spanish house. Find out more about the history of Juan Sanchez de Cotán, including interesting facts, large resolution images, historical features and more. 1602, San Diego Museum of Art). Juán Sanchez Cotán (1560- 1627) is known for being one of the first still life painters in Europe. 1600, oil on canvas) Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560 A.D. – 1627 A.D.) was a Spanish painter who had a successful career painting altarpieces, religious works, portraits, and still lifes for the elite art patrons of Toledo.