Jan van eyck education
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck brings on a revolution in the history of painting in the Low Countries between circa 1420 and 1441. He is probably brought up by his older brother, Hubert, whose Ghent Altarpiece he completes in 1432, following Hubert's death in 1426. Jan van Eyck's work makes an abrupt end to the refined ‘international style' that dominates the art at the time. With his precise observation and naturalistic rendering of reality, his brilliant colouring and the oil technique that he perfectly masters, though did not invent, gives Van Eyck the look of a virtuosity that scarcely will ever be matched. As diplomat and court painter of the Burgundian dukes, he moves within the highest circles throughout his entire lifetime.
Circa 1380-85
Hubert van Eyck is probably born in Maaseik.
1384
After the death of Louis of Male, his son-in-law, the Burgundian duke Philip the Bold, rules over the Flemish counties.
Circa 1385-90
Jan van Eyck is probably born in Maaseik.