13 Facts About Patinir

Patinir was Flemish, from the area of modern Wallonia, but worked in Antwerp, then the centre of the art market in the Low Countries.

Patinir was a pioneer of landscape as an independent genre and he was the first Flemish painter to regard himself primarily as a landscape painter.

Patinir effectively invented the world landscape, a distinct style of panoramic northern Renaissance landscapes which is Patinir's important contribution to Western art.

Patinir was a friend of not only Durer, but of the leading Antwerp painter Quentin Metsys, with whom he often collaborated.

Patinir's career was nearly contemporary with that of Albrecht Altdorfer, the other major pioneer of paintings dominated by the landscape, who worked in a very different style.

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Originally from Dinant or Bouvignes in present-day Wallonia, Belgium, Patinir was registered as a member of Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke in 1515.

Patinir lived and worked in Antwerp for the rest of his life.

In 1511, Patinir is believed to have travelled to Genoa with David and Adrien Ysenbrandt.

Patinir married first to Francisca Buyst, a daughter of the painter Edward Buyst of Dendermonde.

Patinir had three daughters, two from the first marriage and one from the second.

Patinir operated a large workshop with assistants in Antwerp but he is not known to have registered any pupils with the Antwerp guild.

Patinir often let his landscapes dwarf his figures, which are of very variable quality.

Patinir uses a consistent and effective colour scheme in his landscapes, which was influential on later landscape painting.