Jan Frans van Bloemen

Variant namesprimary name: Jan Frans van Bloemen

DatesBiographical dates: 1662 - 1749 Dead: dead 1749 Born: born 1662

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BiographyBiography: Jan Frans van Bloemen, brother of Pieter and Norbertus van Bloemen, was born in Antwerp where he was a pupil of Antoon Goubeau. Around 1684 he went to Lyon and then to Italy. He spent four months in Turin but established himself in Rome in 1684 together with his brother Pieter. In Rome he was a member of the so called Bentveughels, expatriate Flemish and Dutch painters. He painted “ideal” landscapes with motifs from the Campagna influenced by the French painters Gaspar Dughet and Claude Lorrain. He was nicknamed “Orrizonte” because of his distant landscape views of serene and Arcadian character. The luminous light in his paintings is reminiscent of Claude Lorrain. He received many commissions from the Marquess Pallavicini, the Palazzo Colonna and from the best galleries: Doria, Rospigliosi and Corsini. He sometimes collaborated with other artists who created the figures for the landscapes. In 1742 he was enrolled in the Accademia di san Luca.

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