His talent was recognised & he went on to study in Antwerp. There he won the Taylor Prize in 1881 & again in 1882. The prize had allowed him to travel to Belgium & expand his knowledge.

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Ceren Aksungur is an Istanbul origin artist based in Antwerp.
https://t.co/OSr90NUSBy

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His talent was recognised & he went on to study in Antwerp. There he won the Taylor Prize in 1881 & again in 1882. The prize had allowed him to travel to Belgium & expand his knowledge.

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70 years earlier elephant Emanuel visited Antwerp. https://t.co/TMdheMT03M

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The Sibyl Agrippina, painted by my colleague Abraham Janssens of Antwerp. It's his day today.

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Added more (Ceren Aksungur) works to the collection. Dolce is a Turkish painter/illustrator based in Antwerp. Her work is like Bacon, Bosch, Beksiński, Giger, Tim Burton, and a splash of Chet Zar.

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Today's artist wout a (known) birthday: Joos van Craesbeeck, painter & baker of Antwerp. And smoker! Here, in first and last of these roles, in 1635.

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Dürer’s Saint Jerome points to a skull - a vivid reminder of mortality. Given to the merchants’ agent Rodrigo Fernandes de Almada in Antwerp. 1521 (Part of the Dürer's Journeys exhibition at )

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Cleopatra Testing Poisons On Those Condemned To Death by Alexandre Cabanel, 1887 CE. Oil on canvas, exhibited at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. https://t.co/cVqRMEXcBU

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Anthony van Dyck died 380 years ago
Using watercolour, he captured this lush rural scene, ‘An English Landscape’. 🌳

His rapid technique suggests it was created as he waited to set sail to Antwerp. If you could go anywhere, where would you travel to today?

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Died (alas!) on this day in 1575, Jan Massys of Antwerp. Here, a Holy Family w/ problematic dynamic: Dad is just not part of the love! Sad!

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The Sibyl Agrippina, painted by my colleague Abraham Janssens of Antwerp. It's his day today.

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Vulcan's Forge by Flemish Painter and Engraver Cornelis Schut, born 1597 in Antwerp.

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2/2 Also pretty far from its Titan model: Europa carried off on a very big and rather silly bull, by Gillis Coignet of Antwerp. His day is today.

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Immerse yourself in the 1620s and 1630s at the Rubens House in Antwerp. Rubens designed the portico and adjacent studio where he painted many of his works, assisted by the young Van Dyck before he left for London in 1621.

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2/2 No more ocean but very wavy landscape from Joos de Momper of Antwerp. Today is his day.

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Died (alas!) on this day in 1575, Jan Massys of Antwerp. Here, a Holy Family w/ problematic dynamic: Dad is just not part of the love!

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The Sibyl Agrippina, painted by my colleague Abraham Janssens of Antwerp. It's his day today.

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In 1609 he was back in Antwerp. He was appointed as court painter to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria & ruler of the Low Countries. Young Girl (1615-16), Night Scene (1616-17) & Wild Boar Hunt (1615-16)

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1597 Flemish painter and engraver Cornelis Schut was born in Antwerp. He was a prominent figure of High Baroque in Flanders.

Vulcan's Forge (L) and Adoration of the Magi (R) by C. Schut

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