Willem Ormea

Dutch painter

Willem Ormea (1611–1673) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his still lifes of subjects such as fish.

Life

Willem was the son of the painter Marcus Ormea and Johanna van Gladbeck. He was born in Utrecht in 1611, and probably learnt the art of painting from his father.^[1]^[2] He was active in Utrecht between 1634 and 1673, surviving works dating from 1634 to 1658.^[1] In 1638, he gave the Hospital of St. Hiob a painting of various types of fish.^[3] He was a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1665.^[1] He married Johanna van Veen.^[4]

His paintings were mainly of animals, marine and still lifes with fish,^[1] sometimes in harbours.^[5] Together with his father, he is considered the founder of the still life movement in Utrecht.^[6] He collaborated with Adam Willaerts^[1] and was influenced by JB Wijtvelt.^[1] He had Jacob Gillig as a pupil.^[5]

Works

Still life with fish, 1638
With Abraham Willaerts: Fish still life with stormy sea, 1636
Still life with a basket of sole, 1646
Fish still life on a shore

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie
^ Marcus Ormea (1578-1636) en Willem Ormea (1611-1673))
^ De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders
^ Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden
^ ^a ^b Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life
^ Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia

Sources

"Willem Ormea". Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (in Dutch). 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Johannes Immerzeel (1848). Schinkel (ed.). De levens en werken der hollandsche en vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters (in Dutch). Vol. I. p. 283. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Abraham Jacob van der Aa; Karel Johan Reinier van Harderwijk & Gilles Dionysius Jacobus Schotel (1867). J.J. van Brederode (ed.). Biografisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (in Dutch). Vol. XIV°. p. 206. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Sheila D. Muller, ed. (1997). Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia. pp. 366–402. ISBN 0-8153-0065-4. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
Donna R. Barnes; Peter G. Rose (2002). Albany Institute of History and Art (ed.). Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life. Vol. I. pp. 50–72. ISBN 0-8156-0747-4. Retrieved 24 November 2013.