Jan van Eyck (c1390-1441), Flemish Renaissance painter; Hubert van Eyck (1370-1426), Flemish Renaissance painter brother of Jan van Eyck; family name
Van Eyck (or van Eyck) is a Dutch surname that means "of Eyck" (literal translation "of the
Oak tree"). Several important families and persons had this surname:Van Eycks (Artists) There was an important family of
Early Netherlandish painters who were
Flemish with the surname Van Eyck. Though born and raised in the valley of the
Meuse, they ultimately established their professional domicile in
Ghent and in
Bruges, where they changed the traditional habits of the earlier schools, remodelled the earlier forms of Flemish design, and introduced a substantial revolution into the technical methods of execution familiar to their countrymen. These painters were responsible for many famous works of the 15th century.
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