Clara+Peeters

=Clara Peeters=

Important female Flemish painter =**Biography**=

Clara Peeters was born in Antwerp in 1594. She was an important Flemish painter and one of several women who pioneered still-life painting. Because of some modern influences in her work, it is thought that she may have lived in Holland for some time as it was a cultural and artistic center. The main subjects for her work are food and flowers. She also occasionally painted portraits and a few self- portraits as well. Her main influences were believed to be Osias Beert, Floris van Dyke, Nicolaes Cave and Artus Claessens. She died in Antwerp in 1959. Otherwise a lot of information is missing from her life. The male masters of this era were documented significantly more than females. Females were also taught by their husbands or brothers isntead of at academies because of social constraints and norms.

=**Technique**=

She was very good at painting different textures and distinguishing the parts of the flowers and food. She liked to overlap the the objects a little bit, especially when painting her still-lifes with flowers. The perspectives of her pictures are pretty realistic becuse she experimented with many different styles until she got it to look correct. =**Famous Works**=