JAN VAN EYCK

SOME NATURAL FACTS

• His birth date is unknown, but estimated around 1390-1395
• He was born in Maaseik.
• He was also famous for his technique of painting
• He is known to invent oil painting.
• He worked under the service of Duke Phillip, the Good of Burgundy.

HIS PAINTINGS

• His most famous painting and his first is the Ghest Altarpiece
• He perfected the newly discovered technique of oil painting.
• He was named one of the most influential painters of his time
• Considered to be a founder of the early renaissance style

IS IT TRUE?

• People say that jan had a brother, Hubert
• Some say that Hubert started the altarpiece painting
• Some others say that Hubert wasn't even Jan's brother
• They say that Hubert was actually a sculptor.

Quotes

• ''The modern idea of imaginary space"
• "United with it's frame"
• A reconstruction rather than a mere representation.

Work Cited

• focusdep.com/
• Biography.com
• jan-van-eyck.org
• metmuseum.org
• Employees.oneonta.edu

Beliefs

• He was very religious
• Used his experience of the world to create his 'belief'
• Said to be Muslum or christian.