1600s Music - Women & Children + a few musicians by Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678

When Jordaens painted one of his self-portraits, he chose to portray himself as a musician.  He painted several genre paintings of musicians, and I am including my favorite after his self-portrait.

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Self-Portrait with Bagpipes

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Itinerant Musicians

And, of course, he painted others as well...

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Elizabeth Jordaens 1638

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Wife of Johna Wierts 1635

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Artist's Daughter Elizabeth

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia as a Nun

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) The Artist's Daughter Anna Catharina

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Catharina Behagel

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Bearded Man & a Woman with Parrot - Unrequited Love

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Lady Sitting

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Little Child 1626

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Gentlewoman

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) A Lady

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Child's Head 1620

 Jacob Jordaens (Flemish artist, 1593-1678) Magdalena De Cuyper1636

Family by German artist Otto Dix 1891-1969

1921 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Foundry Worker Franz Dix 1862-1942 and Louise Seamstress Amann Dix 1864-1953 - The Artist's Parents 

Otto Dix what famous for his unique & amp; grotesque style. After volunteering to serve in WWI in 1914, Dix Became anti-war. He did not like the way veterans were Treated upon Their return. In 1924 Dix joined with other artists who had fought in the WWI to put on a traveling Exhibition of Paintings called No More War!  In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Nazi Germany. Hitler & amp; his Nazi government disliked Dix's anti-military paintings arranging for him to be dismissed from his position as art tutor at the Dresden Academy. Dix's dismissal letter said that his work "threatened to sap the will of the German people to defend Themselves." In 1939, Dix what Arrested & amp; charged with involvement in a plot on Hitler's life. Hey what Eventually released & amp; the charges were dropped. In the WWII, Dix what conscripted into the Volkssturm, the German Home Guard. And at the end of the war in 1945 Dix what forced to join the German Army, where he captured what & amp; put into a prisoner-of-war camp. Released in 1946, Dix returned to Dresden, a city indeed had been destroyed by heavy bombing Virtually. Although Hitler's Nazi regime destroyed many of Otto Dix's works, many can be seen resting in museum Throughout the world.

Otto Dix (German Expressionist painter, 1891-1969) The Artist's Wife

1920 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Working Class Boy

 1921  Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969)  Woman Doctor Hans Koch. "Doctor" was removed When She Became Mrs. Dix.

1921 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Two Children

1923 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Portrait of Mrs. Martha Dix (Portrait of Mrs. Martha Dix)

1923 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Mother with Child

Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Mother and Child

Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Baby with Umbilical Cord

1924 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Foundry Worker Franz Dix 1862-1942 and Louise Seamstress Amann Dix 1864-1953 - The Artist's Parents

1924 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) The Artist's Daughter Nelly amongst Flowers

1925 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Artist's Daughter Nelly

1925 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) The Lawyer Dr Fritz Glasser Family Portrait

1926 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Hardent

1927 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Newborn Baby on Hands

1927 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) The Artist's Family

1928 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Child with Doll

Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Mother and Child

1928 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Portrait of a Young Girl - Erni

Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Stroll

1928-29 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) The Artist's Son Ursus with Spintop

Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Sunday Stroll

1929 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Children at Play

1930 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Pregnant Woman

1930 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Self Portrait with My Son

1931 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) The Artist's Son Ursus Sitting

1935 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Mother and Eva

1940 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) The Artist's Daughter Nelly as Flora

1942 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Mother with Child Irmgard Bahle

1968 Otto Dix (artist German, 1891-1969) Self Portrait with Marcella

 1923 Otto Dix (German artist, 1891-1969) Self Portrait

Camille Pissarro's (1830-1903) Daughters Jeanne

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was born at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to Abraham Gabriel Pissarro & his wife Rachel. Pissarro lived in St. Thomas until age 12, when he went to a boarding school in Paris. After several years, he returned to St. Thomas, where he drew in his free time. At age 25, Pissarro left for Paris.

Pissarro married Julie Vellay & of their 8 children, 1 died at birth & 1 daughter died aged 9. The surviving children all painted. He was survived by sons Lucien, Georges, Félix, Ludovic-Rodolphe, Paul Emile, and daughter Jeanne. Pissarro produced several touching portraits of his daughters named Jeanne.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.  1873

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne-Rachel (aka Minette) who died in 1874 from TB, aged 9.  1873

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). Portrait of Jeanne (aka Cocotte)

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Jeanne (aka Cocotte) Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). Portrait of Jeanne (aka Cocotte) 1898