13 Facts About Joachim Beuckelaer

Joachim Beuckelaer painted still lifes with no figures in the central scene.

Joachim Beuckelaer was likely the son of the painter Mattheus Beuckeleer and the grandson of the painter Cornelis de Beuckelaer.

Joachim Beuckelaer's brother, known as Huybrecht Beuckeleer, became a painter.

Joachim Beuckelaer possibly learned to paint in the workshop of his uncle, the Dutch painter Pieter Aertsen, who had married his aunt Kathelijne Beuckelaer.

Joachim Beuckelaer became an independent master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1560.

Joachim Beuckelaer remained active in Antwerp throughout his career and continued to develop themes pioneered in painting by Aertsen, but arguably surpassing his presumed master in skill.

Joachim Beuckelaer was reportedly not getting high prices for his works during his lifetime.

Joachim Beuckelaer specialised in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment.

The later paintings by Joachim Beuckelaer show a greater profusion of foodstuffs in the market scenes, together with a more prominent foregrounding of female peasants immersed within these sales items.

Joachim Beuckelaer produced several images of fish stalls, often with background religious scenes, but sometimes completely separated from any additional narrative or reference.

Joachim Beuckelaer was employed painting the figures or the garments in the work of other artists such as Anthonis Mor and Cornelis van Dalem.

Research into the technique underlying Joachim Beuckelaer's canvases has shown that he often recycled his own compositions from one image to the next.

Joachim Beuckelaer employed patterns of clustered items through tracings to compose new pictures with apparent variety.