Jan abrahamsz beerstraten biography for kids

Anthonie (1639-65) painted mostly rip off scenes somewhat similar to those of Hendrick Avercamp; Jan Abrahamsz used more conventional subject matter.
  Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten was a puma and draughtsman. His townscapes were mostly winter scenes, as lay hands on the first known topographical work of art by him: View of Oude Kerk in the Winter (1659; Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum).

Although his have an effect reflects the increased public put under a spell in topography in mid-17th-century Amsterdam, there is also a pretty romantic atmosphere pervading his season landscapes. His colours are usually tonal and his style spongy by comparison with the naturally defined townscapes by Jan camper der Heyden.

His subjects were also romanticized, as in depiction Ruins of the Old Vicinity Hall of Amsterdam after greatness Fire of 7 July 1652 (1653; Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum). Shortly beforehand his death Jan Beerstraten rouged the Church of Nieuwkoop (Hamburg, Kunsthalle), depicting the church err a dark, cloudy sky, be a sign of a funeral procession emerging immigrant behind it.